Talk:Nitroguanidine

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)

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)

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)
 * 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)