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Calcium cyanamide

Calcium cyanamide Structure
CAS No.
156-62-7
Chemical Name:
Calcium cyanamide
Synonyms
Calcium carbimide;nitrolime;Metformin Impurity 8;dormex;alzodef;ccc[qr];cy-l500;nitrolim;usafcy-2;nci-c02937
CBNumber:
CB0297271
Molecular Formula:
CCaN2
Molecular Weight:
80.1
MOL File:
156-62-7.mol
MSDS File:
SDS
Modify Date:
2024/3/14 15:18:25

Calcium cyanamide Properties

Melting point >300 °C(lit.)
Density 2.29
vapor pressure 0.51Pa at 20℃
solubility reacts with H2O
form Powder
color Gray to dark gray
Specific Gravity 2.29
Water Solubility insoluble H2O, but undergoes hydrolysis releasing acetylene and ammonia [HAW93] [MER06]
Sensitive Moisture Sensitive
Merck 14,1662
BRN 4124391
InChIKey QFSRQFUIHVTIDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
LogP -0.72 at 20℃
CAS DataBase Reference 156-62-7(CAS DataBase Reference)
EPA Substance Registry System Calcium cyanamide (156-62-7)

SAFETY

Risk and Safety Statements

Symbol(GHS) 
GHS02,GHS05,GHS07
Signal word  Danger
Hazard statements  H261-H302-H315-H317-H318-H335
Precautionary statements  P231+P232-P280-P301+P312+P330-P304+P340+P312-P305+P351+P338+P310-P333+P313
Hazard Codes  Xn,F
Risk Statements  22-37-41-15-43-37/38
Safety Statements  26-39-43-36/37/39-22-45-28
RIDADR  UN 1403 4.3/PG 3
OEB C
OEL TWA: 0.5 mg/m3
WGK Germany  2
RTECS  GS6000000
9-21
TSCA  Yes
HazardClass  4.3
PackingGroup  III
HS Code  31029010
NFPA 704
3
1
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Calcium cyanamide Chemical Properties,Uses,Production

Chemical Properties

Calcium cyanamide is a blackish-gray, shiny crystalline material or powder.
Calcium Cyanamide

Physical properties

Pure product is a colorless, hexagonal crystal or white powder. Commercial grade material may be grayish-black powder or lump (the color is due to presence of calcium carbide and other impurities); density 2.29 g/cm3; melts around 1,340°C; sublimes around 1,150 to 1,200°C on rapid heating; reacts with water.

Uses

Calcium Cyanamide is used as a fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide, a steel-making additive and an ore processing material. It can also be used to make thiourea, guanidine and ferrocyanides. manufacture of calcium cyanide, melamine, dicyandiamide.

Production Methods

Calcium cyanamide was first produced commercially around 1900 as a fertilizer. The process of making calcium cyanamide involves three raw materials—coke, coal, and limestone— plus nitrogen. The limestone (calcium carbonate) is burned with coal to produce calcium oxide. The calcium oxide is then allowed to react with amorphous carbon in the furnace at 2000°C with the formation of calcium carbide (CaC2). Finely powdered calcium carbide is heated to 1000°C in an electric furnace into which pure nitrogen is passed. It is then removed and uncombined calcium carbide removed by leaching.

Definition

calcium cyanamide: A colourlesssolid, CaCN2, which sublimes at1300°C. It is prepared by heating calciumdicarbide at 800°C in a streamof nitrogen:
CaC2(s) + N2(g) → CaCN2(s) + C(s)
The reaction has been used as amethod of fixing nitrogen in countriesin which cheap electricity isavailable to make the calcium dicarbide(the cyanamide process). Calciumcyanamide can be used as afertilizer because it reacts with waterto give ammonia and calcium carbonate:
CaCN2(s) + 3H2O(l) → CaCO3(s) +2NH3(g)
It is also used in the production ofmelamine, urea, and certain cyanidesalts.

Preparation

Calcium cyanamide is prepared from calcium carbide. The carbide powder is heated at about 1,000°C in an electric furnace into which nitrogen is passed for several hours. The product is cooled to ambient temperatures and any unreacted carbide is leached out cautiously with water.
CaC2 + N2 → CaCN2 + C (ΔHƒ°= –69.0 kcal/mol at 25°C)

General Description

A colorless to gray, odorless solid. May cause illness from ingestion. May irritate the skin. If exposed to water or high temperatures, calcium cyanamide may generate toxic and flammable fumes. Used to make pesticides and in fertilizers.

Air & Water Reactions

Depending on the calcium carbide content, the cyanamide reacts with water (moisture from air or soil) to produce acetylene and hydrated calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. Absorption of water during handling or storage of technical calcium cyanamide may cause explosion [Pieri, M. Chem. Abs. 46, 8335 1952].

Reactivity Profile

When hydrated CALCIUM CARBIDE generates salts of calcium that are basic and are generally soluble in water. The resulting solutions contain moderate concentrations of hydroxide ions and have pH's greater than 7.0. They react as bases to neutralize acids. These neutralizations generate heat, but less or far less than is generated by neutralization of the bases in reactivity group 10 (Bases) and the neutralization of amines. They usually do not react as either oxidizing agents or reducing agents but such behavior is not impossible.

Hazard

Fire risk with moisture or combined with calcium carbide. Skin, eye, and upper respiratory tract irritant. Questionable carcinogen.

Health Hazard

Inhalation or contact with vapors, substance or decomposition products may cause severe injury or death. May produce corrosive solutions on contact with water. Fire will produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Runoff from fire control may cause pollution.

Fire Hazard

Produce flammable gases on contact with water. May ignite on contact with water or moist air. Some react vigorously or explosively on contact with water. May be ignited by heat, sparks or flames. May re-ignite after fire is extinguished. Some are transported in highly flammable liquids. Runoff may create fire or explosion hazard.

Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion, inhalation, sh contact, intravenous, and intraperitoneal routes. Moderately toxic to humans by ingestion. Questionable carcinogen with experimental tumorigenic data. Mutation data reported. The fatal dose, by ingestion, is probably around 20 to 30 g for an adult. It does not have a cyanide effect. Calcium cyanamide is not believed to have a cumulative action. Flammable. Reaction with water forms the explosive acetylene gas. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx and CN-. See also CALCIUM COMPOUNDS, AMIDES, and CYANIDE

Potential Exposure

Calcium cyanamide is used in agriculture as a fertilizer, herbicide; defoliant for cotton plants; and pesticide. It is also used in the manufacture of dicyandiamide and calcium cyanide as a desulfurizer in the iron and steel industry; and in steel hardening.

Carcinogenicity

Calcium cyanamide was weakly mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium strain TA1535 and nonmutagenic in strain TA100.

Shipping

UN1403 Calcium cyanamide with .1% calcium carbide, Hazard Class: 4.3; Labels: 4.3-Dangerous when wet material

Incompatibilities

Commercial grades of calcium cyanamide may contain calcium carbide; contact with any form of moisture solutions may cause decomposition, liberating explosive acetylene gas and ammonia. Incompatible with oxidizers (chlorates, nitrates, peroxides, permanganates, perchlorates, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, etc.); contact may cause fires or explosions. Keep away from alkaline materials, strong bases, strong acids, oxoacids, epoxides. May polymerize in water or alkaline solutions to dicyanamide. Contact with all solvents tested also causes decomposition

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