Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether EGMEE

Product Description

Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether is a reaction product of ethylene oxide and Methanol. Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether is chemically known as a Methyl Glycol, 1-Methoxy-2- hydroxyethene, Methyl (2- hydroxyethyl) ether. Commercially it is known as a Methyl Cellosolve, which is a trademark of Union Carbide. Ethylene Glycol Mono Methyl Ether is an excellent solvent for the various resins & paste etc. ADVANCE PETROCHEMICALS LTD. is selling this product in the brand name APISOLVE 76.

Application: Because of its high solvent power, when used together with low- boiling solvents, APISOLVE 76 is employed with particular advantage in cellulose acetate and cellulose ether lacquers. Although it has a rather high boiling point, film formation is rapid owing to itsrelatively high evaporation rate. APISOLVE 76 is such a good solvent for nitrocellulose that it may be used in the production of very highly concentrated lacquer solutions which dry and set within a comparatively short time. It can, furthermore, be used with advantage for regulating the evaporation time and the flow of cellulose ether lacquers. For this purpose it may be diluted to a large extent with toluene or ethanol. This product is also used in aviation industries as Fsii  Dicing  Anti Icing agent. 

APISOLVE 76 tends to absorb water readily and is therefore always mixed with Apitol, methoxybutanol or Butanol, in order to prevent blushing of the lacquer film on drying. Cellulose lacquers containing APISOLVE 76 are applied to stained wood, the solvent dissolves part of the stain out of the wood, giving slightly colored lacquer films. APISOLVE 76 may also be used in the dying of leather. APISOLVE 76 does not attack rubber. 

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