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D76609

Sigma-Aldrich

Dicyandiamide

99%

Synonym(s):

DCD, Cyanoguanidine, Dicyanodiamide

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Linear Formula:
NH2C(=NH)NHCN
CAS Number:
461-58-5
Molecular Weight:
84.08
Beilstein:
605637
EC Number:
207-312-8
MDL number:
MFCD00008066
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24894150
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

200

Assay

99%

form

powder

mp

208-211 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

NC(=N)NC#N

InChI

1S/C2H4N4/c3-1-6-2(4)5/h(H4,4,5,6)

InChI key

QGBSISYHAICWAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Dicyandiamide is commonly used for the curing of epoxy resins. It is a nitrification inhibitor that is said to be capable of reducing nitrate (NO3-) leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from grazed pasture soils.

Application

Dicyandiamide can be used as an organic precursor for synthesizing carbon nitride nanosheets.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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JAN Code

D76609-BULK:
D76609-VAR:
D76609-25G:
D76609-25KG:
D76609-1KG:
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D76609-3KG:

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WXBD6843V
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WXBD6465V
WXBD5448V
WXBD5022V

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The use of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), to decrease nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in a simulated grazed and irrigated grassland.
Di HJ
Soil use and management, 18(4), 395-403 (2002)
Ian Levett et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 67(9), 2449-2458 (2019-02-07)
Dicyandiamide (DCD) has been studied as a stabilizer for nitrogen fertilizers for over 50 years. Its efficacy is limited at elevated temperatures, but this could be addressed by encapsulation to delay exposure. Here, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) was investigated as a
Rafał Olchowski et al.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 13(7) (2020-04-05)
Ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3), obtained from an abundant natural source, sugar, was thermochemically modified with dicyandiamide and thiourea as well as by classical oxidization with hydrogen peroxide to introduce specific surface groups. Thermochemical modifications resulted in carbon with almost unchanged
Curing of epoxy resins with dicyandiamide and urones.
Guthner T
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 50(8), 1453-1459 (1993)
Carbon nitride nanosheets for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: remarkably enhanced activity by dye sensitization.
Wang Y
Catalysis Science & Technology, 3(7), 1703-1711 (2013)
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
D76609-25G4061833588697
D76609-3KG4061832108988
D76609-10KG
D76609-1KG4061833588680

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