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toxicity?

I see that one of the listed uses of this substance is as an insecticide. Is there information available about its toxicity in mammals? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.40.21 (talk) 12:35, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Russian use

The Russians make small arms propellants with nitroguanidine as a component. The residue it leaves behind has a very distinctive odor. Those who use Russian export or surplus small arms ammunition may have noticed this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.156.96 (talk) 03:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

air bag propellant?

Both nitroguanidine and guanidine nitrate pages claim to be the fuel for airbags in their intro, but since they are different compounds, I expect only one of the intros is correct.

Riventree (talk) 13:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seems suspicious to me too, although I might have added that material since I rely heavily on Ullmann's. But maybe the statements are ok, to quote from Ullmann's Guanidine and Derivatives:

"Nitroguanidine (available from Nigu Chemie) is used as a component in triple-based propellants, impact-insensitive military ammunition and as a gas generator in automotive airbag applications [48]. .."
"Guanidine nitrate is used nowadays in many nonazide formulations for gas generators in automobile airbag applications [32–34]. As a constituent of these pyrotechnic mixtures, guanidine nitrate is not regarded as an oxidizer, but as a gas generating fuel due to its net oxygen demand upon combustion."

To confuse matters even more, one is used to make the other "Guanidine nitrate is used in large amounts to produce nitroguanidine [via sulfuric-dehydn], which is employed widely in the manufacture of propellants and explosives.." Please keep up the good work.--Smokefoot (talk) 02:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]