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Eastman Eastman™ Isobutanol (isobutyl alcohol) 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. Isobutanol is similar in properties to n-butyl alcohol and may be used as a supplement or replacement for it in many applications. As a latent solvent in lacquers and ambient-cured enamels, isobutanol is effective in reducing the viscosities of many formulations while simultaneously promoting flow and leveling. It is also used as an etherification alcohol in the manufacture of amino resins that are used as curing agents in baking and physical-drying finishes. The chemical substances for this product are listed as Inert Ingredients Permitted for Use in Nonfood Use Pesticide Products, and in Food Use Pesticide Products with limitations, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). For details on specific permissions, click here.
Eastman Isobutanol
Producer:
Eastman Eastman™ Isobutanol (isobutyl alcohol) 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. Isobutanol is similar in properties to n-butyl alcohol and may be used as a supplement or replacement for it in many applications. As a latent solvent in lacquers and ambient-cured enamels, isobutanol is effective in reducing the viscosities of many formulations while simultaneously promoting flow and leveling. It is also used as an etherification alcohol in the manufacture of amino resins that are used as curing agents in baking and physical-drying finishes. The chemical substances for this product are listed as Inert Ingredients Permitted for Use in Nonfood Use Pesticide Products, and in Food Use Pesticide Products with limitations, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). For details on specific permissions, click here.
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Identification & Functionality
Chemical Family
CASE Ingredients Functions
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Features & Benefits
Labeling Claims
CASE Ingredients Features
Product Highlights
- Excellent reactivity as an intermediate
- Improves flow and gloss in cellulose lacquers and amino baking finishes
- Inert - Food use with limitations
- Inert - Nonfood use
- Latent solvent in cellulose lacquers
- Non-HAP
- Non-SARA
- Readily biodegradable
- Slow evaporation rate
Applications & Uses
Recommended Applications
- Architectural coatings
- Auto OEM
- Auto plastics
- Auto refinish
- Furniture
- General industrial coatings
- Graphic arts
- Hard surface care
- Industrial fuel imeds
- Packaging components non food contact
- Paints & coatings
- Process solvents
- Protective coatings
- Water treatment industrial
- Wood coatings
Properties
Physical Form
Typical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Acidity as Acetic Acid | max. 0.003 | wt % | - |
Assay | min. 99.5 | wt % | - |
Autoignition Temperature | 416 (781) | °C (°F) | - |
Azeotropes BP | 89.8 (193.6) | °C (°F) | - |
Azeotropes Water | 33.0 | wt % | - |
Boiling Point at 760 mm Hg | 106-109 (223-228) | °C (°F) | - |
Color Pt-Co | max. 5 | - | - |
Critical Pressure | 41.2 ATM | ATM | - |
Critical Temperature | 262.8 | °C | - |
Critical Volume | 269.0 | ml/g·mol | - |
Electrical Resistance | max. 0.2 | Megohms | - |
Empirical Formula | C4H10O | - | - |
Evaporation Rate (ether = 1) | 20.2 | - | - |
Evaporation Rate (n-butyl acetate = 1) | 0.6 | - | - |
Expansion Coefficient at 20°C | 0.00096 | °C | - |
Flammability Limits in Air, % by Volume Lower at 51°C | 1.7 | Vol % | - |
Flammability Limits in Air, % by Volume Upper at 94°C | 10.6 | Vol % | - |
Flash Point Tag Closed Cup | 29 (85) | °C (°F) | - |
Freezing Point | -108 (-162) | °C (°F) | - |
Hansen Solubility Parameters Hydrogen Bonding | 7.8 | - | - |
Hansen Solubility Parameters Nonpolar | 7.4 | - | - |
Hansen Solubility Parameters Polar | 2.8 | - | - |
Hansen Solubility Parameters Total | 11.1 | - | - |
Heat of Combustion | -583.4 | kcal/g·mol | - |
Heat of Vaporization | 9834.0 | cal/g·mol | - |
Liquid Heat Capacity at 25°C | 42.92 | cal/(g,mol)(°C) | - |
Liquid Viscosity at 20°C | 4.0 | cP | - |
Maximum Incremental Reactivity (MIR) | 2.24 | - | - |
Molecular Weight | 74.12 | - | - |
Nitrocellulose Solubility | Latent | - | - |
Refractive Index at 20°C | 1.4 | - | - |
Solubility in Water at 20°C | 9.5 | wt % | - |
Solubility in Water at 20°C | 14.3 | wt % | - |
Specific Gravity at 20°C | 0.8 | - | - |
Surface Tension at 20°C | 22.8 | dynes/cm | - |
TLV PPM 1998 | 50.0 | - | - |
Vapor Density (air = 1) | 2.6 | - | - |
Vapor Pressure at 20°C | 9.0 | mm Hg | - |
Vapor Pressure at 55°C | 9.5 | kPa | - |
Wt/Vol at 20°C | 0.80 (6.68) | kg/L (lb/gal) | - |
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