Chemical Name: tetramethylthiuram disulfide

Formula:C₆H₁₂N₂S₄

Molecular Weight: 240.7

CAS No.: 137-26-8

Description:

Appearance: colorless or cream powder or crystals.

Melting Point: 155-156°C.

Vapour Pressure: <1mPa at 20°C.

Stability: slightly soluble in carbon disulfide, soluble in chloroform

Toxicity: Oral LD₅₀ (Rat)>560 mg/kg. Skin LD₅₀ (Rabbit) >5,000 mg/kg.

Specification: 95%TC, 98%TC, 50%WP.70%WP.

Uses: thiram is used as seed treatment to control smut and bunt of wheat, loose and covered smut and Typhula blight of barley, powdery mildew, rusts, leaf spot and take-all and common root and foot rot of wheat and barley head smut of corn and grain sorghum.