FIPRONIL

Detailed Product Description

Features:

1) Chemical name: (RS)-5-amido-1-(2, 6-dichloro-4a-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-4-

    trifluoromethyl sulfonyl pyrazole-3-nitrile



Physicochemical properties:

1) State (23°C): white powder 

2) Specific gravity: 1.48 - 1.629 (20°C)

3) Melting point: 195.5 - 203°C

4) Vapor pressure: 3.7 x 10 - 7Pa

5) Solubility: 

    a) Water: 1.9mg/L (pH 7)

    b) Acetone: 54.6g/100mL

    c) Methylene chloride: 2.23g/100mL

    d) Hexane: 0.003g/100mL

    e) Methanol: 13.75g/100mL

    f) Toluene: 0.3g/mL

6) Half-life: in soil 1 - 3 months, in water 135 days, photolyze half-life in soil is 34 

    days, in water is 8hrs

7) Toxicity:

     a) Medium poison insecticide

     b) Technical product rat acute per os: LD 5,097mg/kg

     c) Acute per skin: LD50 more than 2,000mg/kg

     d) Rabbits acute per skin: LD50 354mg/kg

     e) Rats acute imbibing: LC500 682mg/L

     f) Maximum permissible intake (per person per day): 0.00025mg/kg/day

     g) Does not irritate skin or eyes

     h) No effects of causing abnormities, cancer or mutation

     i)  Highly poisonous to fish, quails, shrimp, crabs and honey bees 

8) Usage areas:

    a) Paddy rice, vegetables, cotton, tobacco, potatoes, corn, fruit trees, soybeans,

        sugar beet, tea, alfalfa, sugarcane, forest, ornamentals

    b) Public health, stockbreeding and surface structures to prevent harmful insects

9) Preventative actions:

    a) Broad spectrum insecticide which can effectively prevent many kinds of harmful

        insects  

    b) High sensibility on hemiptera, lepidoptera, thysanoptera, and coleoptera insects

        and those insects with resistance to cyclopentadiene and carbamate insecticides

 

Storage:

1) Store in a cool and dry place

2) Keep away from food and feed

3) Keep out of reach of children