| Chemical Properties | White powder. Soluble in carbon disulfide, benzene, and chloroform; insoluble in water.
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| Uses | Rubber vulcanization accelerator, especially for
latex foam; heat stabilizer for polyethylene. |
| Uses | Diethyldithiocarbamate zinc is a rubber component
used as a vulcanization accelerator. It can be responsible
for rubber dermatitis in healthcare personnel. It
was contained in the "carba-mix". |
| Uses | Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate is a chelating ligand. It is used as a common accelerator to latex. A fast curing primary or secondary effective ultra-accelerator for natural and synthetic latex compounds. |
| Definition | ChEBI: Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate is a dithiocarbamate salt that is the zinc salt of diethyldithiocarbamic acid. It is an accelerator and activator for natural rubber. It has a role as an antifungal agrochemical. It is a dithiocarbamate salt and a zinc molecular entity. It contains a diethyldithiocarbamate and a zinc(2+). It is functionally related to a diethyldithiocarbamic acid. |
| Hazard | Strong irritant to eyes and mucous membranes. |
| Flammability and Explosibility | Notclassified |
| Contact allergens | Diethyldithiocarbamate zinc is a rubber component
used as a vulcanization accelerator. Oxidation of this
carbamate leads to tetraethylthiuram disulfide. It can
be responsible for rubber dermatitis in health personnel.
It was contained in “carba-mix.” |
| Safety Profile | Poison by intraperitoneal route.Moderately toxic by ingestion and subcutaneous routes.Severe irritant to eyes, nose, and throat. Questionablecarcinogen with experimental carcinogenic andtumorigenic data. Mutation data reported. When heated todecompos |
| Purification Methods | Crystallise this herbicide several times from hot toluene or from hot CHCl3 by addition of EtOH. It also crystallises from xylene, m 180o. [Beilstein 4 II 613.] TOXIC. |
