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NOMENCLATURE
Common name aluminum phosphide
CAS RN [20859-73-8]
INTRODUCTION
Aluminum phosphide is an inorganic phosphide used to control insects and rodents in a variety of settings. It is mainly used as an indoor fumigant at crop transport, storage or processing facilities (or in shipholds, railcars, etc.) for both food and non-food crops. It may also be used as an utdoor fumigant for burrowing rodent and mole control, or in baits for rodent control in crops. Aluminum Phosphide is available in pellet and tablet form, and is also available in porous blister packs, sachets or as dusts.
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