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CAS NUMBER: 112-07-2
EC NUMBER: 203-933-3
MOLECULAR FORMULA: C8H16O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 160.21
Butyl glycol acetate used as a bonding aid for latex paint.
Butyl glycol acetate can can be used as a screen printing ink solvent, as well as polystyrene paint printing glaze solvent.
Butyl glycol acetate is a Low-volatility solvent with very good solvent power for numerous substances in the coatings and chemical downstream industries.
Butyl glycol acetate has the chemical formula C8H16O3, and is a clear, colourless to pale yellow liquid.
Butyl glycol acetate has a mild and pleasant ester odour and is only sparingly soluble in water but is miscible with many common organic solvents, for example, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers.
Butyl glycol acetate is this solvent power, combined with its’ low volatility, that sees Butyl Glycol Acetate employed in many branches of industry.
Butyl glycol acetate acts as a low volatility solvent for paints and printing inks.
Butyl glycol acetate Possesses a faint ester odor, and good solvent power for numerous organic substances.
Butyl glycol acetate improves the gloss and flow of coatings.
Butyl glycol acetate also improves the flow and brushability of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders.
Butyl glycol acetate exhibits miscibility with most common organic solvents eg. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers but sparingly soluble with water.
Butyl Glycol Acetate is used in flexographic, gravure and screen printing inks, for dyes used to print and color leather and textiles, for dyes in furniture polishes and wood stains.
Butyl glycol acetate is a chemical commonly used as a solvent, it is a colorless liquid with a weak fruity odor which floats and mixes slowly with water.
Its molecular formula isC8H16O3.
Butyl glycol acetate is a clear, colorless liquid with a mild odor, and has low volatility at room temperature.
Butyl glycol acetate has low solubitlity in water and is miscible with most organic solvents.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Butyl glycol acetate is a kind of high boiling point or more functionality, high performance, low toxicity, senior solvent.
Butyl glycol acetate is widely used in synthetic resin, adhesive, printing ink, printing, textile printing and dyeing and leather tanning agent etc.
Butyl glycol acetate also used for latex paint and coalescing aid, for a variety of paint has excellent solubility property, in the colorful coating and emulsion coatings obtained widespread application.
Butyl glycol acetate finds application as a solvent in printing ink and surface coating formulations.
Butyl glycol acetate is also an excellent solvent for many natural and synthetic resins.
PROPERTIES:
-APPEARANCE: COLORLESS AND TRANSPARENT LIQUID
-PURITY WT PCT≥: %99.5
-MOISTURE≤%: 0.05
-ACIDITY（HAC）≤%: 0.03
-DISTILLATION RANGE(760mmHg℃): 188.0~195.0
-SPECIFIC GRAVITY % (d420): 0.9422±0.005
-COLOR (PT-CO) (Pt-Co) ≤: 15
APPLICATION:
Butyl glycol acetate can be used as a bonding aid for latex paint.
Butyl glycol acetate has excellent solubility for a variety of paints, making it widely used in colorful coatings and emulsion coatings.
Butyl glycol acetate has a very high boiling point, 2-Butoxyethyl acetate mainly used for high temperature porcelain and printing ink high boiling point solvent.
Butyl glycol acetate can also be used as azeotrope for the separation of alcohol and ketone.
Butyl glycol acetate also known as BG, 2-butoxyethanol, glycol monobutyl ether and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether is a clear, colourless, oily liquid with a characteristic, but mild, odour with the molecular formula C6H14O2.
Butyl glycol acetate is miscible with water and with common organic solvents.
Butyl glycol acetate usage is dominated by the paint industry which consumes approximately 75 % of all the BG produced.
This is because Butyl glycol acetate is a low volatility solvent and it can therefore both extend the drying times of coatings and improve their flow.
Other applications include use as a solvent in printing inks and textile dyes and as a component of hydraulic fluids.
Butyl glycol acetate 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 glycol acetate 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 glycol acetate is also a starting material in the production of plasticisers by the reaction of phthalic anhydride.
Butyl glycol acetate is also something that is used regularly in most households as it is a component of many home cleaning products.
Butyl glycol acetate provides very good cleaning power for domestic cleaning products and also provides the characteristic odour that we associate with many of these products.
Butyl glycol acetate also plays the same role in some industrial and commercial surface cleaners.
Butyl glycol acetate is a colourless liquid with a characteristic odour.
Butyl glycol acetate is moderately soluble in water and freely soluble in other common organic solvents.
Butyl glycol acetate is a clear, low-volatility liquid with a faint ester odour.
Butyl glycol acetate is miscible with many common organic solvents, e. g. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers, but is only very sparingly soluble with water.
Butyl glycol acetate has a mild and pleasant ester odour and is only sparingly soluble in water but is miscible with many common organic solvents, for example, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers.
Butyl glycol acetate is this solvent power, combined with its’ low volatility, that sees Butyl Glycol Acetate employed in many branches of industry.
Butyl glycol acetate is used as a solvent for nitrocellulose lacquers, enamels, coating additives, epoxy resins, and varnishes.
Butyl glycol acetate is a film coalescing aid for polyvinyl acetate latex.
Butyl glycol acetate stimulates the release of prostaglandin E(2), an arachidonic acid metabolite, in human epidermal keratinocytes.
Butyl glycol acetate serves as an ingredient in ink removers and spot removers.
Butyl glycol acetate is used in preparation of anti-aging coating with wear resistance, waterproof and acid and alkali resistance.
STORAGE:
Butyl glycol acetate should be stored in a dry, cool, well-ventilated place.
Butyl glycol acetate is stable under standard conditions and has a specific gravity of 0.9422 and a Flash point of 71.1o C.
Butyl glycol acetate should be stored in a cool, well-ventilated area that is away from all possible sources of ignition, and the container should be tightly sealed until ready for use.
Butyl glycol acetate should be stored in a tightly-closed container a cool, dry, well-ventilated place away from direct sunlight, sources of heat or ignition and incompatible materials such as strong oxidising agents.
How is Butyl Glycol Acetate Produced:
The first stage in the production of Butyl Glycol Acetate is to react ethylene oxide with anhydrous n-butyl alcohol.
The product of this is ethylene glycol butyl ether which is then reacted with acetic acid, acetic anhydride, or acetic acid chloride, to form ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, otherwise known as Butyl Glycol Acetate.
USES:
Butyl glycol acetate is a chemical that has good solvent power and it is this degree of solvency that sees Butyl Glycol Acetate employed in industry.
The main use for it is in the coatings industry where it improves the gloss and flow of coatings that are baked at temperatures of 150-200 oC.
Butyl glycol acetate also improves the brushability and flow of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers, and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders.
Butyl glycol acetate is also a good solvent for urethane finishes and is a film coalescing aid for polyvinyl latex acetate.
Butyl glycol acetate also has applications in the printing industry where it is a component of flexographic, gravure, and screen-printing inks.
This is because of the slow evaporation rate of Butyl Glycol Acetate which makes it ideal for use in these specialty printing inks.
Butyl glycol acetate is also found in in ball pen pastes, and in dyes that are employed in furniture polishes and wood stains, and in dyes used to print and colour textiles.
Butyl glycol acetate is also employed in the cleaning industry where it is a component in some ink and spot removal formulations.
DESCRIPTION:
Butyl glycol acetate has low-volatility solvent with very good solvent power for numerous substances in the coatings and chemical downstream industries.
Butyl glycol acetate is a chemical commonly used as a solvent; it is the acetate of 2-butoxyethanol.
Butyl glycol acetate is used in a variety of industries as a solvent for nitrocellulose and multicolored lacquers, varnishes, enamels, and epoxy resin.
Butyl glycol acetate is useful as a solvent because of its high boiling point.
Butyl glycol acetate is also used in the manufacture of polyvinyl acetate latex.
Butyl glycol acetate is an ingredient in ink removers and spot removers.
By virtue of its good solvent power for many organic substances, its mild and pleasant odour, and its miscibility with other organic solvents, Butylglycol Acetate is widely used in many branches of industry selection of its main applications is given below.
The most important application is in the coatings industry, where it improves the gloss and flow of coatings that have to be baked at temperatures of 150 – 200 °C.
In this application, its low volatility and good solvent power are great assets.
Very small proportions of Butyl glycol acetate improve the brushability and flow of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders.
Butyl glycol acetate acetate glycol ether is a high boiling, slow evaporating ester solvent that is miscible with alcohols and ketones.
Butyl glycol acetate is a high boiling, slow evaporating solvent that has limited water solubility, but is miscible with alcohols and ketones.
Because Butyl glycol acetate exhibits good compatibility with various coatings resins, Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ Acetate Solvent is used in many coatings applications.
Butyl glycol acetate provides good tolerance for aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and may be used to replace these solvents to enhance application properties such as brushability or roll application in high performance coatings.
The slow evaporation rate of Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ Acetate Solvent also makes it ideal for use in specialty printing inks.
Butyl glycol acetate is a clear colourless liquid with a mild fruity odour.
Butyl glycol acetate has a high boiling point and low volatility.
Butyl glycol acetate is miscible with a wide range of organic solvents such as alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers but only miscible with water within certain limits.
Butyl glycol acetate contains both ether bonds and ester groups, and therefore displays the reactions that are characteristic of both, and it possesses their excellent solvent power, making it a highly versatile chemical.
Butyl glycol acetate is used in many industries for its excellent solvent power, pleasant odour and ready miscibility.
Butyl glycol acetate is used to improve the gloss and flowof coatings that have to be baked at temperatures of 150 – 200°C.
In cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers, and in paints formulated from chlorinated binders, it serves to improve the flow and brushability of the end products.
Butyl glycol acetate is used as a solvent for dyes in wood stains and furniture polishes, urethane finishes, printing inks, ballpoint pastes and various chemical downstream industries.
Butyl glycol acetate is also widely used in sealants, adhesives, leather protectors, liquid soaps, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications, in dyes for printing and colouring textiles and as an extraction solvent for certain antibiotics.
As Butyl glycol acetate has both a polar and non-polar end, it is effective at removing both polar and non-polar substances such as grease and oil.
Butyl glycol acetate is therefore frequently used in a wide range of industrial, commercial and domestic cleaning products as well as in dry cleaning solutions.
PROPERTIES:
Butyl glycol acetate is a clear, low-volatility liquid with a faint ester odour.
Butyl glycol acetate is miscible with many common organic solvents, e. g. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers, but is only very sparingly soluble with water.
Due to its ether bonds and ester group, Butyl glycol acetate enters into the typical reactions of this class of substances.
Butyl glycol acetate is a colorless liquid with a weak fruity odor.
PROPERTIES:
-vapor pressure: 0.29 mmHg ( 20 °C)
-assay: 99%
-form: liquid
-autoignition temp.: 644 °F
-expl. lim.: 0.88 %, 33 °F, 8.54 %, 135 °F
-refractive index: n20/D 1.413 (lit.)
-bp: 192 °C (lit.)
-density: 0.942 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
OTHER APPLICATION:
-for flexographic, gravure and screen printing inks
-for dyes used to print and colour leather and textiles
-for ball pen pastes
-for dyes in furniture polishes and wood stains
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
-Melting Point: -64 °C
-Boiling Point: 192 °C
-Flash point: 71 °C
-Specific Gravity (20/20): 0.94
-Refractive Index: 1.41
-Solubility in water: Slightly soluble
-Degree of solubility in water: 17 g/l 20 °C
SYNONYM:
Butyl glycol acetate
Butoxyethyl acetate
Butylglycol acetate
Butyl cellosolve acetate
Ektasolve EB acetate
Ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate
2-Butoxyethanol acetate
Ethanol, 2-butoxy-, acetate
Butylcelosolvacetat
Glycol monobutyl ether acetate
Acetic acid, 2-butoxyethyl ester
2-Butoxyethylacetate
Butoxyethanol acetate
2-Butoxyethylester kyseliny octove
Ethanol, 2-butoxy-, 1-acetate
WK5367RE39
DSSTox_CID_6904
DSSTox_RID_78245
DSSTox_GSID_26904
2-Butoxyethyl acetate, 99%
EGBEA
n-Butoxyethanol acetate
1-Acetoxy-2-butoxyethane
Butylcelosolvacetat
CAS-112-07-2
HSDB 435
Butylcellosolve acetate
2-n-butoxyethyl acetate
EINECS 203-933-3
BRN 1756960
UNII-WK5367RE39
2-Butoxyethylester kyseliny octove
Acetic Acid 2-Butoxyethyl Ester
Ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether acetate
Acetic acid 2-butoxyethyl
n-Butyl cellosolve acetate
EC 203-933-3
SCHEMBL22372
CHEMBL2141776
DTXSID1026904
ZINC2041057
Tox21_201583
Tox21_303230
MFCD00009457
AKOS015901539
NCGC00163968-01
NCGC00163968-02
NCGC00257034-01
NCGC00259132-01
AS-75503
B0700
FT-0626329
Q122791
J-508566
