Guanidine nitrate is a nitrate of guanidine. It is a high energy fuel used in some gas generator and solid rocket propellant applications. Nitrite is a toxic compound known to cause methemoglobinemia. (L1137, L1627)
Oxidizing
Corrosive
Irritant
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Guanidine nitrate is a nitrate of guanidine. It is a high energy fuel used in some gas generator and solid rocket propellant applications. Nitrite is a toxic compound known to cause methemoglobinemia. (L1137, L1627)
| Physical Description | Guanidine nitrate appears as a white crystalline solid. Soluble in water. Takes some effort to ignite but once ignited it burns with increasing vigor as the fire progresses. If contaminated with co… |
| Color/Form | Crystalline powder |
| Melting Point | 214 °C |
| Boiling Point | Decomposes at boiling point |
| Density | 1.436 g/cm³ |
| Solubility | Sol in 10 parts water; sol in alcohol |
| IUPAC Name | guanidine;nitric acid |
| Molecular Formula | CH6N4O3 |
| Molecular Weight | 122.08 g/mol |
| CAS | 506-93-4 |
| SMILES | C(=N)(N)N.[N+](=O)(O)[O-] |
| InChIKey | CNUNWZZSUJPAHX-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Catalog No | KC.710052 |
| Pack sizes | 250GM |
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