Description

Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum, non-selective systemic herbicide It is useful on essentially all annual and perennial plants including grasses, sedges, broad-leaved weeds and woody plants. It can be used on non-cropland and among a great variety of crops. Glyphosate is usually formulated as an isopropylamine salt. While it can be described as an organophosphorus compound, glyphosate is not an organophosphate ester but a phosphanoglycine, and it does not inhibit cholinesterase activity. Glyphosate is a general use pesticide. Physical Properties: CAS #:********6 Chemical nameï&frac*4;šN-(phosphonomethy1) Chemical class/use: Phosphanoglycine herbicide Solubility in water: **0, **0 mg/l Solubility in other solvents: insoluble in common organics Melting Point: **0 degrees C Vapor Pressure: negligible (Monsanto) Dissociation values:2.*7 (pKa) Partition Coefficient:0.*7 x *0 to the minus 2 power at *0 ppm; 0.6 x *0 to the minus 3 power at **0 ppm