AMMONIUM PERSULFATE  

SYNONYM: AMMONIUM PEROXODISULFATE; AMMONIUM PEROXYDISULFATE;  

DIAMMONIUM PEROXODISULFATE; PEROXYDISULFURIC ACID, DIAMMONIUM SALT;  

FORMULA: H8N2O8S2  

M. W.: 228.1918   

CAS NO.: 7727-54-0  

DESCRIPTION: COLORLESS CRYSTAL OR WHITE CRYSTALLINE POWDER, EASILY HYDROLYSIS STRONG OXIDANT.  

SPECIFICATIONS: 

CONTENT [(NH4)2S2O8] 

98.5% MIN. 

ACTIVE OXYGEN 

6.91% MIN. 

CHLORIDE (Cl) 

0.001% MAX. 

IRON (Fe) 

0.0005% MAX. 

HEAVY METALS (Pb) 

0.0005% MAX.

MANGANESE Mn 

0.00005% MAX.

MOISTURE 

0.10% MAX. 

RESIDUE AFTER IGNITION (AS SO4)

0.02%MAX 

USES: USED IN PRODUCING PERSULPHATE AND OXYDOL, AND AS POLYMERIZING INITIATING AGENT IN PLASTIC INDUSTRY, DESIZING AGENT IN FIBRE INDUSTRY, DECOLOURIZE AGENT IN LIPIDIC INDUSTRY, CAUTERANT IN ELECTRONIC AND FOOD INDUSTRY. IT ALSO IS USED TO REMOVE HYPOSULFITE IN PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY, IN OIL LAYER PRESSED CRACK DURING PETROLEUM EXPLOITATION.  

PACKING: IN WOVEN PLASTIC BAG WITH 2-PLY PLASTIC BAG INSIDE, 25KGS NET EACH.  

UN NO.: 1444             CLASS: 5.1