CAS No.: 137-42-8
Properties:
Purity is colorless crystals. Solubility(20℃);  72.2g/100ml in water, slight soluble in ethanol, insoluble in most organic solvents. Dense solution is stable, but unstable when diluted. It is readily to decompose under soil, acid and heavy metal salt condition. Water solution is corrosive to brass, copper and zinc.
Usage:
Metham-sodium is new type fumigant in agriculture, which have suffocating efficacy. It has been used to kill many bacteria, nematodes in soil, including the rot nematodes on vegetables, fruits and other crops. It can also prevent and control many fungal disease which is spreaded by soil, such as verticillium wilt,root rot and weed seed in soil.