This standard specifies the requirements, sampling, test methods, inspection rules, signs, packaging, transportation and storage of the vulcanization accelerator M (2-mercaptobenzothiazole) used in the rubber industry. This standard applies to the vulcanization accelerator M produced by the reaction of sulfur, carbon disulfide and aniline under high pressure, and also to the vulcanization accelerator M synthesized with o-nitrochlorobenzene, sodium sulfide, sulfur and carbon disulfide under normal pressure. Product name: vulcanization accelerator M Chemical name: 2-mercaptobenzothiazole Molecular formula: C7H5NS2 Relative molecular mass: 167.26 (1999 international relative atomic mass )