| Identification | |
| Name: | calcium cyanamide |
| Synonyms: | calcium carbimide; nitrolime |
| CAS: | 156-62-7 |
| EINECS: | 205-861-8 |
| Molecular Formula: | CCaN2 |
| Molecular Weight: | 80.1 |
| InChI: | InChI=1/CN2.Ca/c2-1-3;/q-2;+2 |
| Molecular Structure: |  |
| Properties | |
| Transport: | UN 1403 |
| Density: | 2.29 g/cm3 |
| Solubility: | IN WATER (G/100 G SOLN): 77.5 @ 15 DEG C, 100 @ 43 DEG; G/100 G @ 20 DEG C: IN BUTANOL AT 20 DEG C 28.8; ETHYL ACETATE 42.4, METHYL ETHYL KETONE 50.5; SOL IN PHENOLS, AMINES, ETHERS, KETONES; VERY SPARINGLY SOL IN BENZENE, HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS; PRACTICALLY INSOL IN CYCLOHEXANE. Highly soluble in polar organic solvents such as the lower alcohols, esters and ketones.; less soluble in nonpolar solvents< |
| Appearance: | Black powder or granular |
| Specification: |
?Calcium cyanamide (CAS NO.156-62-7) also can be called Cyanamide calcium salt , UN 1403 , Lime Nitrogen , Nitrolime .It is a calcium compound used as fertiliser, first synthesized in 1898 by Adolph Frank and Nikodem Caro.It is commercially known as Nitrolim.It crystalizes in hexagonal crystal system with space group R3m and lattice constants a = 3.67, c = 14.85 (.10-1 nm). |
| Report: |
NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed); No Evidence: mouse, rat NCITR* ?? National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series. (Bethesda, MD 20014) No. NCI-CG-TR-163 ,1979. . Community Right-To-Know List. Reported in EPA TSCA Inventory. |
| Packinggroup: | III |
| Sensitive: | Moisture Sensitive |
| Color: | ORTHORHOMBIC, ELONGATED, SIX-SIDED TABLETS FROM DIMETHYL PHTHALATE Crystallizes from a variety of solvents as somewhat unstable, colorless, orthorhombic, deliquescent crystals. Colorless crystals Cyanamide forms colorless, orthorhombic crystals or long transparent needles (from water), large platelike crystals when allowed to crystallize spontaneously from water, and crystals from dimethyl phthalate solution. |
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Xn:Harmful
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