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DOWANOL TPnB Glycol Ether

CAS: 55934-93-5

IUPAC Name: 1-[2-(1-butoxypropoxy)propoxy]propan-1-ol

A very slow-evaporating, hydrophobic glycol ether with outstanding surface tension-lowering ability; ideal where high polymer solvency and residence time are required.

DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether is a very slow-evaporating, hydrophobic glycol ether with outstanding surface tension-lowering ability; ideal where high polymer solvency and residence time are required.
DOWANOL TPnB is the slowest-evaporating member of the family of DOWANOL glycol ethers.
DOWANOL TPnB is a high boiling, colorless solvent with low viscosity and practically no odor.
Due to its length and hydrophobic structure, DOWANOL TPnB has a high organic solubility, low water solubility, and a high boiling point.

DOWANOL TPnB is the slowest evaporating glycol ether solvent from the DOWANOL family of products.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether is based on tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether and is excellent for use as a solvent, coupling agent, and coalescing agent in various water-based and solvent-based formulations.

DOWANOL TPnB is a tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether-based solvent from Dow that offers very slow evaporation, hydrophobicity, and surface tension-lowering ability to a variety of formulations.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether is the slowest-evaporating glycol ether from the DOWANOL family and is ideal for use when high polymer solvency and residence time are required.

Due to its length and hydrophobic chemical structure, DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether offers a high organic solubility, low water solubility, and a high boiling point.
This combination of properties makes TPnB glycol ether an excellent choice for use in a wide range of chemical applications including cleaners, strippers, paints, coatings, and ink formulations.

High boiling point, tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether is used as solvent for inks in ball point and felt tip pens, stamp pads, and textile printing pastes, and as coalescent for water-borne architectural and industrial coatings.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether possesses high organic solubility and low water solubility.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether imparts superior coalescence.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether exhibits low viscosity and high boiling point.

DOWANOL TPnB glycol ether is a very slow-evaporating, hydrophobic glycol ether with outstanding surface tension-lowering ability; ideal where high polymer solvency and residence time are required.

DOWANOL TPnB (Tripropylene Glycol n-Butyl Ether) is the slowest-evaporating member of the family of DOWANOL glycol ethers.
DOWANOL TPnB is a high boiling, colorless solvent with low viscosity and practically no odor.
Due to its length and hydrophobic structure, DOWANOL TPnB has a high organic solubility, low water solubility, and a high boiling point.
DOWANOL TPnB glycol ethers unique properties make it suitable for a number of water-borne resins where a powerful coalescent is needed for proper film formation.
Its solvating characteristics combined with low water solubility ensure that DOWANOL TPnB will almost completely partition into the resin phase, thus providing superior coalescence.
The extremely low odor of DOWANOL TPnB makes it suitable for indoor decorative paints.

DOWANOL TPnB is the slowest evaporating glycol ether in the DOWANOL product line, and is a high boiling, colorless solvent with low viscosity and practically no odor.
Due to its length and hydrophobic structure, this product has a high organic solubility,

Applications
• Excellent solvent for heavy duty cleaners.
• Possible additive for floor wax strippers.
• Plasticizer in selected resin systems.
• Coalescent for water-borne architectural and industrial coatings.
• Coupling agent and grease penetrant in oven cleaners.
• Solvent for inks in ball point and felt tip pens, stamp pads, and textile printing pastes

Uses
-Cleaners
-Textiles
-Cosmetics
-Resins
-Coating formulation and application
-Industrial, automotive and architectural coatings

Features & Benefits
-Colorless ether solvent with practically no odor
-High hydrophobicity glycol ether solvent
-The slowest evaporation rate of the DOWANOL™ family of glycol ethers
-High organic solubility, low water solubility, and high boiling point
-Ability to reduce surface tension alone or combined with other ingredients
-Compatible with various resin types and chemical cleaning formulation ingredients, including surfactants
-Excellent coupling and coalescing properties when used in latex and coating formulations
-Grease penetrant and easily removes oils of metals and hard surfaces
-Favorable enviornmental profile, superior performance for end use applications, formulations may require less Performance solvent than P or E Series

Molecular Weight (g/mol): 248.4
Boiling Point at 760 mmHg, 1.01 ar: 275 °C (527 °F)
Flash Point (Setaflash Closed Cup: 126 °C (259 °F)
Freezing Point: <-75 °C (<-103°F)
Vapor pressure at 20°C — extrapolated: <0.01 mmHg 0.02 Pa
Specific gravity (25/25°C): 0.930
Liquid Density
at 20°C: 0.930 g/cm3
at 25°C: 0.927 g/cm3
Vapor Density (air = 1): >6
Viscosity (mm2/s at 25°C): 7.0
Surface tension (dynes/cm or mN/m at 20°C): 29.7
Specific heat (J/g/°C at 25°C): 1.80
Heat of vaporization (J/g) at normal boiling point: 2220
Net heat of combustion (kJ/g) — predicted at 25°C: 30.4
Autoignition temperature: 202°C (396 °F)
Evaporation rate (n-butyl acetate = 1.0): <0.01
Solubility, g/L or % at 25°C: Solvent in water 40.2 g/L

SYNONYMS:

Tripropylene glycol butyl ether

DSSTox_CID_22503

DSSTox_RID_80042

DSSTox_GSID_42503

CHEMBL3185985

DTXSID8042503

CHEBI:173368

Tox21_301304

NCGC00255810-01

CAS-55934-93-5

1-[2-(1-butoxypropoxy)propoxy]propan-1-ol