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Trichloroisocyanuric Acid

CAS no.: 87-90-1
HS code: 2933692200
UN no.: 2468
​Formula: C₃Cl₃N₃O₃
Content: 90% 
Appearance: Powder & Granular & Tablet
Packing: Plastic Drum & Woven Bag

Trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) is an organic compound with the formula (C₃Cl₃N₃O₃). It is used as an industrial disinfectant, bleaching agent and a reagent in organic synthesis. TCCA is a disinfectant, algicide and bactericide mainly for swimming pools and dyestuffs, and is also used as a bleaching agent in the textile industry. It is widely used in civil sanitation for pools and spas, preventing and curing diseases in animal husbandry and fisheries, fruit and vegetable preservation, wastewater treatment, as an algicide for recycled water in industry and air conditioning, in anti shrink treatment for woolens, for treating seeds and in organic chemical synthesis.

 

It is used in chemical synthesis as an easy to store and transport chlorine gas source, it is not subject to hazardous gas shipping restrictions, and its reaction with hydrochloric acid produces relatively pure chlorine. TCCA as used in swimming pools is easier to handle than chlorine gas. 

Documentation

1 / Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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