| Chemical Properties | Dicyclohexylamine nitrite is a flammable
white powder which has some volatility at room temperature and higher |
| General Description | A white to light-colored crystalline solid. Insoluble in water and denser than water. Contact may cause irritation to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. May be toxic by ingestion. Used to make other chemicals. |
| Air & Water Reactions | Highly flammable. Dicyclohexylammonium nitrite may be sensitive to prolonged exposure to air. . Insoluble in water. |
| Reactivity Profile | An oxidizing agent but can serve as a reducing agent. If mixed with reducing agents, including hydrides, sulfides and nitrides, may begin a vigorous reaction that culminates in a detonation. |
| Health Hazard | Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases. Contact may cause burns to skin and eyes. Contact with molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes. Runoff from fire control may cause pollution. |
| Fire Hazard | Flammable/combustible material. May be ignited by friction, heat, sparks or flames. Some may burn rapidly with flare burning effect. Powders, dusts, shavings, borings, turnings or cuttings may explode or burn with explosive violence. Substance may be transported in a molten form at a temperature that may be above its flash point. May re-ignite after fire is extinguished. |
| Safety Profile | Poison by ingestion and
subcutaneous routes. Questionable
carcinogen with experimental tumorigenic
data. A flammable liquid. When heated to
decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of
HN02 and NOx. See also NITRITES. |
| Potential Exposure | It is used as a vapor-phase corrosion
inhibitor whereby it vaporizes either from the solid state or
from solution, and offers protection against atmospheric
rusting. Wrapping paper, plastic wraps; and other materials
may be impregnated with dichan to protect metal parts
during packaging and storage |
| Shipping | UN2687 Dicyclohexylammonium nitrite, Hazard
Class: 4.1; Labels: 4.1-Flammable solid. |
| Incompatibilities | Highly flammable and a strong oxidizer.
Contact with reducing materials (nitrides, hydrides,
sulfides, etc.) or easily oxidized materials may cause fire
and explosion hazard |
| Waste Disposal | Incineration; incinerator
equipped with a scrubber or thermal unit to reduce nitrogen
oxides emissions. |
