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DOWANOL TPM SOLVENT

EC / List no.: 247-045-4
CAS no.: 25498-49-1
Mol. formula: C10H22O4

DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a hydrophilic, slow-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent active solvency and coupling power.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is an ideal choice when high polymer solvency and extended system residence time are required.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent can maintain rheological properties over time in products such as stamp pads and ball point pen inks.
Its high boiling and flash points make it an excellent choice for use in oven cleaners, and as a tailing solvent in high-solids, solvent-based coatings.

A hydrophilic, low odor, high boiling point glycol ether glycol ether with an excellent active solvency and coupling power.

Uses:
• Cleaners
• Resins
• Coating formulation and application
• Industrial, automotive and architectural coatings
• Solvent for stamp pad inks and ballpoint and felt tip writing pen inks.
• Coupling agent and solvent in rust, paint, and varnish removers, hard surface, cleaners, and penetrating oils.
• Mutual solvent, coupling agent, and emollient in cosmetic formulations.
• Stabilizer for agricultural herbicides.

Benefits
• Versatile
• Wide range of applications
• Extensive combination of physical and performance properties

Typical Properties
Application of the product

Cleaners, Coatings, Inks and Adhesives
Boiling Point (°C @760mmHg)
243
CAS#
25498-49-1
Chemical Name
Tripropylene glycol mono methyl ether
Chemistry
PO, Tri
Density (25°C) at lb/gal (g/cc)
8.03 (0.962)
Evaporation Rate (n-butyl acetate=1.0)
0.0026
Flash Point, Closed Cup
121 °C
Freezing Point °F(°C)
-108 (-78)
Hansen Solubility Parameter, dD (joules/cm3)1/2
15.1
Hansen Solubility Parameter, dH (joules/cm3)1/2
8.7
Hansen Solubility Parameter, dP (joules/cm3)1/2
2.5
Low Vapor Pressure (<0.1 mmHg @20°C)
Exempt
Molecular Weight
206.3 g/mol
Series
P-Series
Solubility in Water (25°C)
infinite wt%
Solubility Water in (25°C)
infinite wt%
Specific Gravity (25°C)
0.965
Surface Tension (1% actives, 25 °C)
30 dynes/cm
Vapor Pressure (mmHg @ 20°C)
0.01
Viscosity (25°C)
5.5 cP
Application Benefits
Performance Benefits
Solvent

DOWANOL TPM Solvent Used as solvent for stamp pad inks and ballpoint and felt tip writing pen inks, coupling agent and solvent in rust, paint, and varnish removers, hard surface cleaners, and penetrating oils.
Possesses powerful solvency.
Offers low evaporation rate.
Provides high dilution ratio and coupling ability.
Exhibits low viscosity.

Product Description
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a hydrophilic, slow-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent active solvency and coupling power.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is an ideal choice of emollient in cosmetic formulations and has high boiling and flash points.

Typical Physical
Molecular Weight (g/mol): 206.3
Boiling Point @ 760 mmHg, 1.01 ar 243 °C (469 °F)
Flash Point (Setaflash Closed Cup: 124 °C (255 °F)
Freezing Point: -78 °C (-108°F)
Vapor pressure@ 20°C — extrapolated 0.01 mmHg (1.7 Pa)
Specific gravity (25/25°C): 0.965
Liquid Density @ 20°C: 0.965 g/cm3
@ 25°C: 0.962 g/cm3
Vapor Density (air = 1): 7.15
Viscosity (mm2/s @ 25°C): 5.5

Heat of vaporization (J/g) at normal boiling point: 210
Net heat of combustion (kJ/g) — predicted @ 25°C: 27.8
Autoignition temperature 277 °C (531 °F)
Evaporation rate (n-butyl acetate = 1.0) <0.01
Solubility, g/100 or % @ 25°C - Solvent in water: 100%

Hansen solubility parameters
(J/cm³)1/2 15.1
_d (Dispersion) 3.5
_p (Polar) 11.5
_h (Hydrogen bonding)

Suggested Applications
• Solvent for stamp pad inks and ballpoint and felt tip writing pen inks.
• Coupling agent and solvent in rust, paint, and varnish removers, hard surface cleaners, and penetrating oils.

Features
• Powerful solvency
• Low evaporation rate
• Low viscosity
• High dilution ratio
• Coupling ability

Recommended use of the chemical and restrictions on use Identified uses:
A glycol ether.
We recommend that you use this product in a manner consistent with the listed use.
If your intended use is not consistent with the stated use, please contact your sales or technical service representative.

Chemical Name: Methoxy Methyl Ethoxy Methyl Ethoxy Propanol
Chemical Family: Propylene Glycol Ether
Other Names
Tripropylene Glycol Methyl Ether
Tripropylene Glycol Mono Methyl Ether
TPG Methyl Ether

Chemical Formula: ClOH22O4

Typical Properties
• Density (pounds per gallon at 25oC) 8.0
• Evaporation Rate (BuAc = 100) < 1
• Flash Point (Tag Closed Cup) oC(oF) >93 (>200)
• Solubility by weight in water at 20oC Complete
• Solubility Parameter (Total Hansen) 9.5
• Surface Tension (Dynes/cm) @ 25oC (77oF) 29
• Refractive Index @ 25oC (77oF) 1.43
• Viscosity (centistokes) @ 25oC (77oF) 5.6
• Vapor Pressure @ 25oC (mm Hg) <0. 1

Uses:
Coatings: DOWANOL TPM Solvent has very low volatility and evaporates slowly.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is completely water miscible and has good solvency with numerous non-polar substances.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent can be blended with faster evaporating solvents to moderate evaporation.

Cleaners: Surface tension reduction and slow evaporation are some of the benefits of using DOWANOL TPM Solvent in your cleaning formulation.

Permitted for use as an inert ingredient in non-food pesticide products
Used in ballpoint pen inks, felt-tipped pens, inkpads, oven cleaners, coatings, rust, paint, and varnish removers, and in penetrating oils.

Household & Commercial/Institutional Products
• Auto Products
• Commercial / Institutional
• Home Maintenance
• Inside the Home
• Pet Care

DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a promising oxygenating agent for diesel fuels.
Bubble coalescence and post-rupture oscillation in DOWANOL TPM Solvent solutions using high-speed cinematography was studied.

DOWANOL TPM Solvent has a low odor and slow evaporation rate.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a good choice for wax strippers and floor cleaners which are spread over a large area.
When used in an enclosed area, a floor cleaner containing a fast-evaporating solvent might produce an undesirable amount of solvent vapor.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent provides good solvency for polar and non-polar materials.

Other Applications:
The properties listed in the previous section also support the use of DOWANOL TPM Solvent in agricultural, electronic, ink, textile and adhesive products.

DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a colorless, combustible liquid with low toxicity.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent has very little odor and is completely soluble in water. DOWANOL TPM Solvent has excellent solvency for many polar and non-polar substances.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is an ideal choice when high polymer solvency and extended system residence time are required.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent can maintain rheological properties over time in ink applications.
Its high boiling and flash points make it an excellent choice for use in oven cleaners, and as a tailing solvent in high-solids, solvent-based coatings.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent has a very low vapor pressure and may not be considered a VOC under some circumstances of use.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a good substitute for slow evaporating ethylene glycol ethers.

Used in:
• Coupling agent and solvent in household and industrial cleaners, grease and paint removers, metal cleaners, and hard surface cleaners.
• Effective coupling agent and efficient solvent for water-reducible coatings.
• Effective coalescent for lowering minimum film formation temperature (MFFT) in water-borne latex coatings.
• Active solvent for solvent-based coatings.
• Chemical intermediate for the production of epoxides, acid ester derivatives, solvents, and plasticizers.
• Effective coupling agent in waterbased agricultural formulations.

Advantages:
• Excellent solvency
• Good oil solubility
• Effective surfactant properties
• Excellent coupling ability
• Good evaporation rate control
• Greater formulating flexibility
• Low viscosity
• Wide range of applications
• Low toxicity
• Practical alternative to Glycol Ether EB / Butyl Cellosolve / Butyl Glycol
• High dilution ratio
• Colorless

Benefits and Applications

Coatings: DOWANOL TPM Solvent has very low volatility and evaporates slowly.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is completely water miscible and has good solvency with numerous non-polar substances.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent can be blended with faster evaporating solvents to moderate evaporation.

Cleaners: Surface tension reduction and slow evaporation are some of the benefits of using DOWANOL TPM Solvent in your cleaning formulation.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent has a low odor and slow evaporation rate.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is a good choice for wax strippers and floor cleaners which are spread over a large area.
When used in an enclosed area, a floor cleaner containing a fast-evaporating solvent might produce an undesirable amount of solvent vapor.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent provides good solvency for polar and non-polar materials.

Other Applications:
• Adhesive products
• Agricultural
• Electronic
• Ink
• Textile

DOWANOL TPM Solvent can be used:
As a solvent in resins, coatings, dyes for textiles, leather, and cosmetics.
As a fuel additive for minimizing the particulate matter emission.
To prepare water-mimicking non-aqueous ionic liquids for enzyme compatibility in the trans-esterification process.

About DOWANOL TPM Solvent
Helpful information
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.

DOWANOL TPM Solvent is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

Consumer Uses
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is used in the following products: anti-freeze products, coating products, lubricants and greases, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), inks and toners, adhesives and sealants, non-metal-surface treatment products, leather treatment products and polishes and waxes.
Other release to the environment of DOWANOL TPM 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), outdoor use, indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters) and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which DOWANOL TPM 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
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is used in the following products: fuels.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using DOWANOL TPM Solvent. Other release to the environment of DOWANOL TPM 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), outdoor use, indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters) and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).

Formulation or re-packing
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. Release to the environment of DOWANOL TPM Solvent can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.
Uses at industrial sites
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is used in the following products: inks and toners and non-metal-surface treatment products.
DOWANOL TPM Solvent is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of DOWANOL TPM 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 DOWANOL TPM Solvent can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance, formulation of mixtures, in processing aids at industrial sites and as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).

IUPAC NAMES:
2(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methoxylethoxy propanol
2-[2-(2-methoxy-1-methylethoxy)-1-methylethoxy]propan-1-ol
[2-(2-methoxy-1-methylethoxy)-1-methylethoxy]propan-1-ol
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy) methylethoxy]propanol
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]-propanol
[2-(2-Methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]propanol
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]propanol
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]propanol
Glycol Ether
Propanol, [2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]-
Tripropylene glycol methyl ether
Tripropylene glycol methyl ether (TPM)
TRIPROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOMETHYL ETHER
Tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether
Tripropyleneglycol methyl ether
Tripropylenglycolmethylether

SYNONYMS:
10213-77-1
2-[2-(2-methoxypropoxy)propoxy]propan-1-ol
1-Propanol, 2-[2-(2-methoxypropoxy)propoxy]-
DOWANOL62B
TRIPROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER
DSSTox_CID_9329
1-Propanol, 2-(2-(2-methoxypropoxy)propoxy)-
DSSTox_RID_78765
DSSTox_GSID_29329
CAS-25498-49-1
DOWANOL TPM Solvent
2-[2-(2-Methoxypropoxy)propoxy]-1-propanol
SCHEMBL16192
CHEMBL3183760
DTXSID80274025
Tox21_201437
Tox21_300370
NCGC00248009-01
NCGC00254326-01
NCGC00258988-01
Tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether,99.97%
W-109192
(2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy)-propano
(2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy)propanol
DOWANOL(TM) TPM
ARCOSOLV (R) TPM
1[2-(2-METHOXY-1-METHYLETHOXY)-1-METHYLETHOXY]-2-PROPANOL
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]-propano
[2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy]-Propanol
2-(2-(2-methoxypropoxy)propoxy)-1-propanol
3-(3-(3-methoxypropoxy)propoxy)-propano
ethermonomethyliquedutripropyleneglycol
o-methyltripropyleneglycol
tri(propyleneglycol)methylether,mixture
tripropyleneglycolmonomethylether-propanol,[2-(2-methoxy
tripropylenglykolmonomethylether
Tri(propylene glycol) methyl ether,mixture of isomers
PPG-3 METHYL ETHER
Tripropylene glycol MonoMethyl ether, Mixture of isoMers
Dowfroth 200
MFTG
TRI(PROPYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER, 96%, MIXTURE OF ISOMERS
TRI(PROPYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER, 97.5 +%, MIX OF ISOMERS (DOWANOL TPM)
3-(3-(3-Methoxypropoxy) propoxy) propanol
1-Propanol, 2-2-(2-methoxypropoxy)propoxy-
Propanol, 2-(2-methoxymethylethoxy)methylethoxy-
TRI(PROPYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER, 97.5%
Tripropylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether (mixture of isomer)
DOWANOL(R) TPM
Tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether, 98%, mixture of isomers
Tri(propylene glycol) Methyl ether, Mixture of isoMers >=97.5%
Tripropylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether (mixture of isomer)>
Colorless Transparent Liquid Tripropylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether CAS 20324-33-8