butyltriglycol e 04 08
DESCRIPTION
Raw materialTRANSCRIPT
Nature Mixtureofethyleneglycolmonoalkylethers
Themaincomponentsare:
Triethyleneglycolmonobutylether CASNo.: 143-22-6 Tetraethyleneglycolmonobutylether CASNo.: 1559-34-8
EINECSNo.: 205-592-6 EINECSNo.: 216-322-1
Delivery specification Property Value Unit Testmethod
Boilingrangeat1013mbar 265–350 °C DIN53171
Watercontent max.0.1 % DIN51777,Part1
Hazencolournumber max.50 – DINISO6271
Physical data ThephysicaldatasubmittedbelowwerederivedfromtheliteratureandfromBASFmeasurementsandcalculations.However,thevaluespresenteddonotrepresentaguaranteeinthelegalsenseforthepropertiesoftheproductthatweplaceonthemarket.
Vapourpressure at20°C 0.002mbar at50°C 0.022mbar
Densityat20°C(DIN51757) 0.990–0.998g/cm3
Refractiveindexn20D(DIN51169) 1.440–1.442
Viscosityat20°C(DIN51562) 10–11mPa·s
Meltingpoint approx.–45°C
Evaporationrate approx.8000 (DIN53170;ether=1)
®=RegisteredtrademarkofBASFSE Butyl triglycolLow-volatility, high-boiling, clear, odourless liquid. The “butyl triglycol” supplied by BASF SE is a technical-grade product.
Technical Leaflet
M 5810 e April 2008 Page 1 of 2
Supersedes edition dated June 2002
Petrochemicals
Applications
Themainapplicationsforbutyltriglycolarereviewedbelowbutthelistisbynomeanscomplete.
Butyltriglycolcanbeusedas:
– alow-volatilitysolventcomponentinvariouspaintsystemstoimproveglossandlevelling
– aningredientforcuttingoils
– anadditiveformetaldegreasersandfloorcleanersetc.
– acosolventforprintinginks,stamp-padinks,writinganddrawinginks
– additiveforbrakefluids.(Note:butyltriglycolcancausesealstoswellifaddedinlargeamounts)
– anintermediateinthemanufactureofplasticizers.
Safety
Whenusingthisproduct,theinformationandadvicegiveninourSafety Data Sheetshouldbeobserved.Dueattentionshouldalsobegiventotheprecautionsnecessaryforhandlingchemicals.
Note
Thedatacontainedinthispublicationarebasedonourcurrentknowledgeandexperience.Inviewofthemanyfactorsthatmayaffectprocessingandapplicationofourproduct,thesedatadonotrelieveprocessorsfromcarryingouttheirowninvestigationsandtests;neitherdothesedataimplyanyguaranteeofcertainproperties,northesuitabilityoftheproductforaspecificpurpose.Anydescriptions,drawings,photographs,data,pro-portions,weightsetc.givenhereinmaychangewithoutpriorinformationanddonotconstitutetheagreedcontractualqualityoftheproduct.Itistheresponsibilityoftherecipientofourproductstoensurethatanyproprietaryrightsandexistinglawsandlegislationareobserved.
April2008
M5810e April2008 Page2of2 Butyltriglycol
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