Diethylthiourea
What is it?
Diethyl Thiourea is an accelerator in rubber manufacturing and antigradant for natural rubbers.
How can I avoid it?
Avoidance requires reading the product labels, package inserts, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and on occasion, direct communication with the manufacturer.
Uses:
- Additive in fertilizers
- Copy paper for industrial textile patterns and architectural plans
- Detergent (anticorrosive agent in acidic detergent)
- Diver’s wetsuit
- Fixative in photography
- Industrial anti-corrosive compounds
- Keyboard wrist supports
- Knee brace
- Neoprene rubber
- Rubber manufacturing
- Safety shoe
- Textile - treating agent
- Weather strips
Other names for Diethyl Thiourea:
- Diethylthiourea
- N,N-Diethylthiourea
- Diethyl-2-thiourea
- 1,3-Diethylthiourea
- DETU
Potential cross-reacting/co-reacting substances:
- Carbanates
- Thiuram
