INFORMATION REGARDING CHLOROFORM, 1,3-DICHLORO-5,5-DIMETHYLHYDANTOIN, AND
GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/f?./temp/~5JBgJd:8
1,3-DICHLORO-5,5-DIMETHYLHYDANTOIN
CASRN: 118-52-5

Manufacturers :

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Hq, Highway 52, North West, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (317) 497-6100; Subsidiary: Hydrotech Chemical Corp, 1850 Airport Industrial Park Dr, Marietta, GA 30065, (404) 952-2581; Production sites: El Dorado, AR 71730; Adrian, MI 49221
[SRI. 1994 Directory of Chemical Producers -United States of America. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, 1994.548]**PEER REVIEWED**

Color/Form :

FOUR-SIDED, POINTED PRISMS FROM CHLOROFORM
[Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989.483]**PEER REVIEWED**

Solubilities :

SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 0.21% @ 25 DEG C, 0.60% @ 60 DEG C; SOLUBILITY (@ 25 DEG C): 12.5% IN CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, 14% IN CHLOROFORM, 30% IN METHYLENE CHLORIDE, 32.0% IN ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE, 17% IN SYM-TETRACHLORETHANE, 9.2% IN BENZENE
[Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989.483]**PEER REVIEWED**

Major Uses :

Dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin was once used as a chemical warfare decontaminating agent.
[Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present.V5 923]**PEER REVIEWED**

GLCC RELATED TOXIC SUBSTANCES FOUND IN THE CAMP POND AND CAMP WATER WELL 2003 AND 2004

GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION AND THE PATHFINDERS CAMP