Aluminum Phosphide

Action/Use:

Fumigant

Use: Fumigant, rodenticide, and insecticide for stored cereal grains; fumigant for control of burrowing rodents.

Chemistry

Class: Inorganic phosphides.

Properties: Colorless gas, odor of carbide; boiling at 87.3�C. Soluble in carbon disulfide.

Mode of Action / Resistance Management

Mode of Action: Mitochondrial complex IV electron transport inhibitor

Action Group: IRAC Group 24

Registration

U.S.A.: As of April 14, 2010 US EPA adopted a new regulation that Fumitoxin* can no longer be used on residential properties.

Environmental Guidelines

Water Solubility: Very slight (26 cc/100 ml at 17�C)

Safety Guidelines

Signal Word: DANGER

Toxicity Class: I

Toxicity: Hydrogen phosphide threshold limit value time weighted average: 0.3 ppm. Threshold limit value short-term exposure limit: 1 ppm. Immediately dangerous to life or health level: 50 ppm. No chronic poisoning known in man

Handling/storage: Store in cool, dry, locked, and ventilated room out of reach of children or animals. Wash hands thoroughly after use. Aerate gloves and other contaminated clothing in well-ventilated area prior to laundering. Open container outdoors only and never in flammable atmosphere. Shelflife unlimited as long as product is intact and tightly sealed. Protect from moisture, open flames, and heat

Suppliers and Branded Products

Basic Producers:

Agro-Care Chemical Industry Group Limited (Premaphose*)

AgroDragon Co., Ltd. (Alphos*)

AnHui JuKai Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

Biesterfeld U.S. Inc.

Degesch America, Inc. (Phostoxin*)

Detia Degesch GmbH (Degesch Phostoxin*, Detia* Fumex)

Excel Crop Care Limited (Celphos*, Fumirat*)

FFC Limited

Fluoride Chemicals (Yunnan) Co., Ltd.

General Chemical Co., Ltd.