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CAS NO:111-76-2
EC NO:203-905-0
A fast-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character; excellent active solvency and coupling properties.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a versatile solvent product with balance properties.
Uses:
-In-Can Formulants
-Pesticide Production
-Other PCB Processing Aids
-Solder and Flux Removal
-Solder Resist Ink
-Hand Dishwashing
-Institutional Fabric Care
-Laundry Additives
-Bathroom Cleaners
-Glass Cleaners
-Institutional Floor Care
-Institutional Hard Surface Care
-Janitorial and Sanitation
-Kitchen and Catering
-Kitchen Cleaners
-Multipurpose Cleaners
-Toilet Cleaners
-Wipes
-Chemical Flooding
-Cementing
-Drilling
-Stimulation
-Asset Integrity
-Exterior Wall
-Facade Paint
-Floor Paint
-High Gloss and Trim
-Interior Wall Paint
-Primer
-Sealers
-Stain
-Wood Coatings
-Automotive Coatings
-General Industrial Finishing
-Marine Coatings
-Plastic Coatings
-Protective Coatings
-Traffic - Road Marking
-Flexographic
-Inkjet
-Rotogravure
-Boiler Systems
-Cooling Circuits
-Process Treatments
-Reverse Osmosis
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a fast-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character; excellent active solvency and coupling properties.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a very versatile solvent product with a good balance of many different properties. With a nearly equal balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic character, Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent provides excellent performance in coatings, cleaners, and many other types of products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is one of our fastest evaporating glycol ethers.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is compatible with a wide range of resin types, and it also offers 100% water solubility.
Applications :
• Active solvent for solvent-based coatings.
• Coalescent for industrial water-based coatings.
• Coupling agent for architectural water-borne coatings.
• Coupling agent and solvent in household and industrial cleaners, rust
removers, hard surface cleaners, and disinfectants.
• Primary solvent in solvent-based silk screen printing inks.
• Coupling agent for resins and dyes in water-based printing inks.
• Solvent for agricultural pesticides.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a clear, colourless, oily liquid with a unique sweet yet mild odour and has the formula C6H14O2.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol and is miscible with water and common organic solvents.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent has been produced industrially for over half a century and is used primarily as a solvent in paints and surface coatings but also in inks and cleaning products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is produced by reacting ethylene oxide with an alcohol such as normal butanol (nbutanol) within a catalyst. This process is called ethoxylation. If the ratio of ethylene oxide to nbutanol is greater than one then di- and tri- ethylene glycol monoethers are also produced.
Below is the chemical equation for this reaction:
C2H4O + C4H9OH → C4H9OC2H4OH
World production is estimated at between 300-500 KT per annum.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent can also be produced through the etherification of butanol with 2-chloroethanol.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent has many uses, primarily as a solvent, in both the commercial and industrial industries.
Industry Uses
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent usage is dominated by the paint industry which consumes approximately 75 % of all the BG produced. This is because it is a low volatility solvent and can therefore both extend the drying times of coatings and improve their flow.
Other applications include use as a solvent in printing inks due to its high boiling point, textile dyes and as a component of hydraulic fluids.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also a component of drilling and cutting oils and is a major component of Corexit 9527, which is an oil spill dispersant product.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also a chemical intermediate and, as such, is a starting material in the production of butyl glycol acetate which is, itself, an excellent solvent.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also a starting material in the production of plasticisers by the reaction of phthalic anhydride.
Commercial Uses
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used regularly in most households as it is a component of many home cleaning products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent provides excellent cleaning power for domestic cleaning products and also provides the characteristic odour that we associate with them.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent also plays the same role in some industrial and commercial surface cleaners.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is an extremely versatile product with a good balance of many different properties that make it a powerful ingredient in various cleaners such as:
-Glass cleaners
-Carpet cleaners
-Laundry additives
-Bathroom & Kitchen cleaners
-Multi-purpose cleaners for institutional and janitorial purposes
-General degreasers
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent has also been used for:
-Pesticide production
-Various types of paints, primers, sealers, stains, and coatings across industries
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a fast-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character; excellent active solvency and coupling properties.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a very versatile solvent product with a good balance of many different properties. With a nearly equal balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic character, Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent provides excellent performance in coatings, cleaners, and many other types of products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a chemical commonly used as a solvent; it is the acetate of 2-butoxyethanol.
Applications
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in a variety of industries as a solvent for nitrocellulose and multicolored lacquers, varnishes, enamels, and epoxy resin.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is useful as a solvent because of its high boiling point.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also used in the manufacture of polyvinyl acetate latex.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is an ingredient in ink removers and spot removers.
About Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent
Helpful information
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 100 000 to < 1 000 000 tonnes per annum.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following products: coating products and washing & cleaning products.
Other release to the environment of Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following products: coating products, oil and gas exploration or production products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, metal surface treatment products, polymers and washing & cleaning products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following areas: mining.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Other release to the environment of Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is likely to occur from: outdoor use and indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners).
Formulation or re-packing
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following products: coating products, polymers, oil and gas exploration or production products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products, extraction agents and fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay.
Release to the environment of Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.
Uses at industrial sites
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following products: oil and gas exploration or production products, coating products, polymers, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and personal care products.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used in the following areas: mining.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates) and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance and formulation of mixtures.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is an organic compound with the chemical formula BuOC2H4OH (Bu = CH3CH2CH2CH2). This colorless liquid has a sweet, ether-like odor, as it derives from the family of glycol ethers, and is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol. As a relatively nonvolatile, inexpensive solvent, it is used in many domestic and industrial products because of its properties as a surfactant.
Properties:
Chemical formula: C6H14O2
Molar mass: 118.176 g·mol−1
Appearance: Clear, colorless liquid
Density: 0.90 g/cm3, liquid
Melting point: −77 °C (−107 °F; 196 K)
Boiling point: 171 °C (340 °F; 444 K)
Solubility in water: Miscible (and in most organic solvents)
Uses
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a glycol ether with modest surfactant properties, which can also be used as a mutual solvent.
-Commercial uses
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a solvent for paints and surface coatings, as well as cleaning products and inks.Products that contain 2-butoxyethanol include acrylic resin formulations, asphalt release agents, firefighting foam, leather protectors, oil spill dispersants, degreaser applications, photographic strip solutions, whiteboard and glass cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, dry cleaning solutions, lacquers, varnishes, herbicides, latex paints, enamels, printing paste, and varnish removers, and silicone caulk.
-In the petroleum industry
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is commonly produced for the oil industry because of its surfactant properties.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is a clear, colourless liquid with ether-like smell.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is usually produced by a reaction of ethylene oxide with butyl alcohol, but it may also be made by the reaction of ethylene glycol with dibutyl sulphate.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is widely used as a solvent in protective surface coatings such as spray lacquers, quick-dry lacquers, enamels, varnishes, and latex paints.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also used as an ingredient in paint thinners and strippers, varnish removers, agricultural chemicals, herbicides, silicon caulks, cutting oils, and hydraulic fluids and as metal cleaners, fabric dyes and inks, industrial and household cleaners (as a degreaser), and dry-cleaning compounds.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent is also used in liquid soaps and in cosmetics.
Butyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent has been reported to be present in air, water, and soil as a contaminant and exposure to it occurs during its manufacture and use as an intermediate in the chemical industry, and during the formulation and use of its products in multiple industrial activities. The acetate form of 2-butoxyethanol is 2-butoxyethanol acetate and also known as ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate.
IUPAC names:
1-Butoxy-2-hydroxyethan
2 butossietanolo
2-buthoxtethanol
2-Butoksietanol
2-butoxy ethanol
2-butoxy-1-ethanol
2-butoxy-ethanol
2-butoxyehanole
2-Butoxyethan-1-ol
2-butoxyethan-1-ol
2-Butoxyethano
2-BUTOXYETHANOL
2-Butoxyethanol
2-butoxyethanol
2-Butoxyethanol
2-butoxyethanol
2-butoxyethanol (Butyl glycol)
2-butoxyethanol ethylene glycol monobutyl ether butyl cellosolve
2-butoxyethanol, butyl cellosolve, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether
SYNONYMS:
2-BUTOXYETHANOL
2-N-BUTOXYETHANOL
BUTOXYETHANOL
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE(R)
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE(TM)
BUTYL CELLUSOLV
BUTYL GLYCOL
BUTYL OXITOL
DOWANOL(R) EB
DOWANOL(TM) EB
EKTASOLVE EB SOLVENT
ETHYLENE GLYCOL BUTYL ETHER
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONO-N-BUTYL ETHER
ETHYLENE GLYCOL N-BUTYL ETHER
ETHYLENE GYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER
GLYCOL BUTYL ETHER
GLYCOL ETHER EB
N-BUTYL CELLOSOLVE
111-76-2 [RN]
203-905-0 [EINECS]
2-Butossi-etanolo [Italian]
2-butoxy ethanol
2-Butoxy-aethanol [German]
2-Butoxyethanol [ACD/IUPAC Name] [Wiki]
2-Butoxyethanol [German] [ACD/IUPAC Name]
2-Butoxy-ethanol
2-Butoxyéthanol [French] [ACD/IUPAC Name]
2-hydroxyethyl n-butyl ether
2-n-butoxyethanol
Butoxyethanol
Butyl 2-hydroxyethyl ether
Butyl cellosolve
butyl glycol
EB Solvent [Trade name]
EGMBE
Ektasolve EB [Trade name]
Eter monobutilico del etilenglicol [Spanish]
Ethanol, 2-butoxy- [ACD/Index Name]
Ether monobutylique de l'ethyleneglycol [French]
Ethylene glycol butyl ether
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
Ethylene Glycol Mono-n-butyl Ether
Ethylene glycol n-butyl ether
Ethylene glycol, monobutyl ether
ethyleneglycol monobutyl ether
Glycol monobutyl ether
I0P9XEZ9WV
Jeffersol EB [Trade name]
KJ8575000
MONOBUTYL GLYCOL ETHER
n-butoxyethanol
Q2O4 [WLN]
