sodium fluoroacetate
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sodium fluoroacetate [′sōd·ē·əm ‚flu̇r·ō′as·ə‚tāt]

(organic chemistry)

C₂H₂FO₂Na A white powder, hygroscopic and nonvolatile; decomposes at 200°C; very soluble in water; used as a repellent for rodents and predatory animals.

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No references found			The highly toxic compound fluoroacetate was first synthesised in 1896 and is used widely as a vertebrate pesticide in Australia and New Zealand in the form of Compound 1080. Tolerance to 1080. (journal extracts) by Davidson, Steve / Ecos Compound 1080 has no antidote, and is so toxic that one pound of it can kill one million pounds of animals. Michael Tobias, Nature's Keepers: On the Front Lines of the Fight to ... by Haist, Fred / UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy Airborne pollution dusts food crops with sodium fluoroacetate (which is sold commercially as Compound 1080, a deadly rodenticide). Fluorides and the environment by Smith, Gar / Earth Island Journal			Composition composition board composition diagram composition face composition joint composition metal composition mortar composition nail Composition of Forces composition plane composition resistor composition roofing composition series composition shingles composition surface composition-of-velocities law Composition-Properties Diagram Compositional C++ compositional maturity compositum compost Compostela, Santiago de Composts Compote compound Compound 1080 compound acinous gland compound alluvial fan compound angle compound arch compound beam compound column compound compact compound cryosar compound curve compound die compound distribution compound document Compound Document Architecture compound elastic scattering compound engine compound event Compound Excitation Compound Eye compound fault Compound Fertilizers compound field winding compound fracture compound generator compound gland Compound Interest			composting toilet Composting Toilet System Composting toilets composts composts Composture composure composure composure composure of differences composure of doubts Compotation Compotator compote compote Compote dish Compotes Compotes Compotier compound compound compound compound compound compound compound Compound (chemistry) Compound (chemistry) Compound (linguistics) Compound (linguistics) Compound 1080 compound 1081 compound 1081 compound 1081 compound 1081 compound 469 compound 469 compound 469 compound 469 Compound Access Control Compound Accreted Value compound acinous gland compound action potential compound action potential compound action potential Compound addition Compound Air Master System compound alluvial fan compound aneurysm compound aneurysm compound aneurysm compound angle Compound annual growth rate Compound annual growth rate Compound annual growth rate Compound Annual Rate of Change Compound Annual Return Compound Annual Return Compound Annual Return Compound Annual Return compound arch

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sodium fluoroacetate (redirected from Compound 1080)

sodium fluoroacetate
(redirected from Compound 1080)