Methenamine
Hexamine
Urotropine
Hexamethylene-Tetramine
CAS: 100-97-0
Molecular Formula: (CH2)6N4
Molecular Weight:140.19
Performance: It is in the white crystal powder, irritant to human skin, with a specific gravity of 1.27(2DC), and it dissolves in water, alcohol and chloroform, but not in ether; And easy to be deliquescent and agglomerate and it will burn and release lots of heat with colorless flame.
Standard: GB9015-1988
Usage:
It is a kind of raw material for the curing agent of phenolic plastic, the catalytic agent of amino plastic, the promoter(H) of vulcanized rubber, the anti-shrinking agent for textile goods, diuretic and germicide of pharmacy, the black explosive of military industry and the pesticide of agriculture. And it can be used for the absorbent for light and air in the poison gas mask, if it is mixed with caustic soda & phenoxide.

