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Is sodium dichloroisocyanurate an oxidiser?

BauArf56 - 20-5-2021 at 04:29

PubChem says that it's a powerful oxidiser (H272). Same for trichloroisocyanuric acid. Right? (another question: why on pubchem after each H phrases theres a percentage?)

Link:https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sodium-dichloroisocyanurate#section=GHS-Classification&fullscreen=true

[Edited on 20-5-2021 by BauArf56]

njl - 20-5-2021 at 04:42

Yes?

BauArf56 - 20-5-2021 at 04:52

so could it be used as a substitute to calcium hypochlorite for ignition-on-contact reactions? (ca(ocl)2 is able to ignite brake fluid after a few second)

njl - 20-5-2021 at 04:54

Maybe, that's something that you will most likely have to try to get a good answer.

Edit: That's not really even the kind of property that one can assume would translate between compounds.

[Edited on 5-20-2021 by njl]

draculic acid69 - 20-5-2021 at 06:37

Quote: Originally posted by BauArf56  
so could it be used as a substitute to calcium hypochlorite for ignition-on-contact reactions? (ca(ocl)2 is able to ignite brake fluid after a few second)


Don't think so. My experience with brake fluid and several forms of "pool chlorine"
have proven that it needs to be calcium hypochlorite. Tcca was a definite failure

BauArf56 - 20-5-2021 at 07:41

so i made some tests. With ethanol nothing happens, with sugar it's quite hard to ignite and as it burns it gives off chlorine-smelling clouds and with magnesium it gives off a blinding orange light.