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Isopropanol (IPA)
Isopropanol (IPA) is a clear colorless water-white mobile liquid with a mild alcohol like odor. It is miscible in all proportions with water and numerous organic liquids and is solvent in many organic substances. Isopropanol is primarily to form azeotropic mixtures with water and many organic liquids. It is used in printing inks, adhesives, paints and coatings.
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Butyl Glycol Ether (BGE)
Butyl Glycol Ether (BGE) is a colorless, slight smelling liquid with a high boiling point. This product has small hygroscopic properties and is miscible with water at room temperature. This liquid solution is also miscible with several different oxygenated solvents, as well as with aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and oils. It is solvent for many natural and synthetic resins, nitrocellulose and ethyl cellulose. Butyl Glycol Either (BGE) is primarily used as a solvent in printing inks, paints and coatings.
Acetone
Acetone, also known as 2-propanone or dimethyl ketone (DMK), is a colorless, low boiling, easy pouring liquid with a distinguishing odor. It is miscible in all proportions with water, alcohols, many hydrocarbons and other organic liquids. It has solvent properties for vegetable and animal fats, cellulose, natural and synthetic resins and many other organic substances. The primary use for this product is in printing inks, adhesives, paints and coatings.
Ethyl Acetate (EA)
Ethyl acetate (EA) is a neutral colorless liquid with a pleasantly fruity odor. Ethyl acetate is primarily used in the production of nitrocellulose and cellulose acetate lacquers and as a solvent in adhesives and coatings.
Methanol
Methanol (MeOH) also known as Methyl Alcohol or wood spirit, is the most simple alcohol with a single carbon atom. Its many different applications include the manufacture of acetic, acid, acetic anhydride, formaldehyde, MMA. The primary use of methanol is in printing inks, paints and coatings as solvents, thinners, denaturant for ethanol and producing biodiesel.
