Red Phosphorus

Grade

Technical

Form

Solid

Molecular Weight

123.9

Chemical Formula

P4

Spec. No.

PR/RP/17/07-03

CAS No.

7723-14-0

UN No.

1338

Class

4.1

Packing Group

II

Appearance

Reddish Violet Amorphous Powder

Red P content (%)

98 min

Acidity as H3PO4 (%)

0.1 max

pH of 10% aqueous solution

6.0 - 9.0

Moisture content (%)

0.20 max

Particle size (wet method, %)

about 99.0 (100 mesh),about 98.0 (240 mesh)

Packing

50 Kg net in HDPE drums

Safety and Handling

Refer Safety Data Sheet

Applications

Sodium hypophosphite is used for electroless nickel plating.
It may be used as a reducing agent or antioxidant in chemical processing, as a catalyst in some polymerization reactions, as a stabilizer to prevent degradation of polymers during extrusion or in other heated processing and may be used as a partial fire retardant