Butanedioic acid,2,3-dihydroxy- (2R,3R)-, ammonium salt (1:)

Chemical Properties

Ammonium tartrate is a colorless crystalline or white granular solid.

Uses

Butanedioic acid,2,3-dihydroxy- (2R,3R)-, ammonium salt (1:) is used as an analytical reagent, and also in the pharmaceutical industry.

Potential Exposure

Ammonium tartrate is used in the textile industry and in medicine.

Shipping

UN3077 Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s., Hazard class: 9; Labels: 9-Miscellaneous hazardous material, Technical Name Required.

Incompatibilities

Incompatible with oxidizers (chlorates, nitrates, peroxides, permanganates, perchlorates, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, etc.); contact may cause fires or explosions. Keep away from alkaline materials, strong bases, strong acids, oxoacids, epoxides. Strong oxidizers, especially potassium chlorate, sodium nitrite may cause violent reactions.

Waste Disposal

Dissolve or mix the material with a combustible solvent and burn in a chemical incinerator equipped with an afterburner and scrubber. All federal, state, and local environmental regulations must be observed. May be buried in a chemical waste landfill in accordance with federal, state, and local statutes; or, if oxidized and neutralized, it may be sent to a municipal sewage treatment plant for biological treatment.