Eastman™ n-Butanol is a four carbon straight chain oxo alcohol. It is a medium-boiling liquid that is useful as a chemical intermediate and as a solvent for ambient dry and baking coatings.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ Butyl Acetate is a medium-boiling ester solvent with an evaporation rate of 1.0 making it ideal for quick drying nitrocellulose lacquers. A colorless liquid with a fruity odor, it is an active solvent for film-formers.
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Latin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman DB Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) improves the flow-out and gloss of baking enamels, is an effective coalescent in both architectural and industrial maintenance formulations, can be used in printing inks to increase dry times, and provides excellent coupling ability for the effective removal of contaminants in Industrial & Institutional and/or household cleaners.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ DB Solvent, Stabilized is a high-boiling glycol ether used in baking enamels, printing inks, textile dyeing, or as a coalescent in latex paints. This grade contains BHT antioxidant.
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North AmericaEastman™ DE Acetate (diethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate) is a colorless liquid, soluble in water and miscible in most organic solvents. It is primarily used as a coalescing aid in paints and as a solvent in inks. With broad resin solubility, it is suitable for use in coil coatings.
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Asia PacificLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman DE Solvent (Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether) is a very polar, slow-evaporating, mild odor, water-miscible solvent useful in wood stains and as a coalescent in latex paints and floor polishes.
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Asia PacificLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ DIBK (Diisobutyl Ketone) is a slow-evaporating, low-density solvent that has good activity for many synthetic resins. It is useful as a retarder solvent to improve flow and minimize humidity blushing.
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Latin AmericaNorth AmericaDimethylacetamide (DMAc) is a colorless, high boiling, polar, hygroscopic liquid. DMAc is a good solvent for a wide range of organic and inorganic compounds and it is miscible with water, ethers, esters, ketones and aromatics compounds.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaDimethylformamide (DMF) is a clear, colorless, hygroscopic liquid with a slight amine odor.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ EB Acetate (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate) is a high-boiling glycol ether-ester. Its slow evaporation rate provides excellent flow and leveling in high-bake coatings as well as air-dry systems such as epoxy coatings. It has limited water miscibility. It is supplied as a urethane grade solvent.
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Asia PacificLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman EB Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether) offers numerous benefits in coating, ink, and cleaner applications. It is an excellent solvent for many coatings resin types, including alkyd, phenolic, maleic, epoxy, and nitrocellulose resins. Its unique combination of properties enables the effective removal of contaminants when used in Industrial & Institutional and/or household cleaners.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ EEP (Ethyl 3-Ethoxypropionate) is slow evaporating with excellent activity for a wide range of coating polymers. It has moderate odor, low surface tension, and high electrical resistance. Its unique structure provides a variety of desirable properties not found in other solvents.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ EP Solvent (Ethylene Glycol Monopropyl Ether) is colorless and water-miscible over a wide range of temperatures with a slow evaporation rate. It is used in coatings and inks where a milder, less detectable odor is required and provides good viscosity control and high flash point. It can also be used to develop customized aqueous cleaners.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ IBIB is a slow-evaporating, economical retarder solvent used in nitrocellulose lacquers, coatings for plastic substrates, and high solids coatings. It exhibits high electrical resistance and low surface tension.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ Isobutanol is a medium-boiling, slow-evaporating, colorless liquid that is useful in organic synthesis, as a chemical intermediate, and as a solvent in coating applications.
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Latin AmericaNorth AmericaThe high solvent activity, slow evaporation rate, low density and surface tension, and high boiling point of Eastman™ MAK (Methyl n-Amyl Ketone) make it ideal in formulating high solids coatings that meet VOC guidelines.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ MPK (Methyl n-Propyl Ketone) is a medium evaporating, urethane-grade solvent. It is an active solvent for most synthetic resins including acrylics, polyesters, cellulosics, epoxies, vinyls, and alkyds. Its high solvency, low density, and medium evaporation rate make it attractive as a letdown solvent for high-solids resins used in formulating coatings with low VOC content. It is used in gravure printing inks and also provides excellent performance for a wide range of cleaning and surface preparation applications for the transportation industry.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaThe high solvent activity, slow evaporation rate, low density and surface tension, and high boiling point of Eastman™ MIAK (Methyl Isoamyl Ketone), make it ideal in formulating low-viscosity, high solids coatings with reduced VOC.
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Asia PacificEurope, Middle East, & AfricaLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman™ n-Propanol, a three-carbon straight chain oxo alcohol, is a medium-boiling, colorless liquid that is widely used in flexographic and other printing ink applications. It has a very mild odor, similar to that of ethanol and is completely soluble in water.
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Asia PacificLatin AmericaNorth AmericaEastman Texanol™ is an high-performance coalescing aid, particularly under adverse conditions of high humidity and low temperature. Demonstrating excellent properties with associative thickeners, Texanol is a low-evaporating solvent in polyester coil coatings and high bake enamels.
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