Industrial chemicals
AdBlue® / DEF
Urea solution 32.5% — ISO 22241
A precisely specified 32.5 percent solution of high-purity urea in demineralised water, injected into the exhaust of diesel engines to reduce nitrogen oxides across an SCR catalyst.
The specification is unforgiving because the catalyst is expensive. Contamination — from a tank that previously held something else, from a dirty hose, from ordinary tap water — damages the system the fluid exists to protect. Dedicated equipment is not a refinement here; it is the product.
Specification
Technical data
- Appearance
- Clear, colourless liquid
- Urea content
- 31.8–33.2%
- Density at 20 °C
- 1.087–1.093 g/cm³
- Refractive index at 20 °C
- 1.3814–1.3843
- Alkalinity as NH₃
- 0.2% max
- Biuret
- 0.3% max
- Insoluble matter
- 20 mg/kg max
- Standard
- ISO 22241-1
- HS code
- 3102 10 / 3824 99 per presentation
- Transport status
- Not classified as a dangerous good
Classification, HS code and transport regime are confirmed per grade and per route at the offer stage. Figures below are indicative of the standard specification.
Packaging
- Bulk in dedicated road tankers
- IBC totes of 1000 l
- Packaged containers of 5, 10 and 20 l, palletised
Storage and handling
- Store between −5 °C and 25 °C; freezes at about −11 °C and thaws without damage
- Dedicated equipment only — stainless steel, polyethylene or polypropylene
- Never carbon steel, copper, brass, zinc or aluminium
- Shelf life about 12 months at 25 °C, longer at lower temperatures; protect from direct sunlight
Transport
- Unregulated for transport by road, rail and sea
- Dedicated tanks and hoses with previous cargo history documented
- Analysis on loading, and on discharge where the contract requires it
Documents
- Technical data sheet (TDS) — issued with the offer
- Safety data sheet (SDS) in the languages of transit and destination
- Certificate of analysis, lot-specific, drawn at loading
- Certificate of origin and EUR.1 where the destination allows preference
Documents are issued against a confirmed enquiry rather than published for download — an SDS is only meaningful for the grade and revision actually shipped.
Commercial terms
How it is quoted
- Incoterms
- FCA, FOB, CIF, DAP, CPT
- Typical lot size
- From 1 pallet packaged; from 25 t in bulk
- Lead time
- 1–3 weeks from contract
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