PARAQUAT
| A. Physical and chemical properties: |
Structural Formula: |
| Chemical Name: | 1, 1'-dimethyl-4, 4'-bipyridinlium dichloride |
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| Empirical Formula: |  |
| Melting point: | |
| Vapor pressure: | Negilgible at room temp. |
| Corrosive properties: | Corrosive to metal |
| Solubility: | In water c. 700 g/l at 20. Practically insoluble in most other organic solvents. |
| ◆ Technical grade: |
1.Active Ingredient: 42% min.
2.Appearance: Dark brown liquid. |
| ◆ Formulations: |
20% w/v (Cation)
24% w/w S.L. |
| ◆ Application: |
| Non-selective contact herbicide, absorbed by the foliage, with some translocation in the xylem. Broad-spectrum control of broad-leaved weeds and grasses in fruit orchards, plantation crops (bananas, coffee, cocoa palms, coconut palms, oil palms, rubber, etc.), vines, olives, tea, alfalfa, onions, leeks, sugar beet, asparagus, ornamental trees and shrubs, in forestry, etc. Also used for general weed control on non-crop land; as a defoliant for cotton and hops; for destruction of potato haulms; as a desiccant for pineapples, sugar cane, soya beans, and sunflowers; for strawberry runner control; in pasture renovation; and for control of aquatic weeds. Rate: 0.15-1 kg/ha |
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HERBICIDE LIST
ACETOCHLOR
GLYPHOSATE
OXYFLUORFEN
PROPANIL
ALACHLOR
BUTACHLOR
PARAQUAT
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