Product Profile of Secondary Butyl Alcohol

Ram-Nath & Co. Pvt. Ltd. Is the supplier of Secondary Butyl Alcohol.Secondary Butyl Alcohol is a volatile, clear liquid with a strong alcoholic odor; boils at 99 C, water solubility of 12.5%. This substance is most hazardous when peroxide levels are concentrated by distillation or evaporation. It is a highly refractive compound which corrodes some plastics, and rubbers. It is miscible with many organic solvents, and incompatible with strong oxidizers. It is flammable strongly with a luminous flame. It is used as a direct solvent and as an intermediate in the manufacture of other organic chemicals [2-butanone].

Ram-Nath & Co. Pvt. Ltd. Offers a range of Industrial Chemicals, Plastics and Specialties like Inorganic Chemicals, Phosphates, Polyolefin’s, PVC, Alkali’s, Solvents, etc.

The applications of Secondary Butyl Alcohol are:

• Solvent for paints, coatings, varnishes, resins, gums, camphor, vegetable oils, dyes, fats, waxes, resins, shellac, rubbers, and alkaloids, alkyd resins, lacquers, enamels, paint removers, and adhesives

• Manufacture of industrial cleaners, perfumes, dyes, wetting agents

• Formulating flotation agents and hydraulic brake fluids

• Extraction of fish meal to produce fish protein concentrate and for the production of fruit essences.

• Flavouring agent


Physical and Chemical Properties of Secondary Butyl Alcohol

• Physical State: clear

• Melting Point: -115 C

• Boiling Point: 99 C

• Specific Gravity: 0.806

• Solubility in Water: soluble

• Vapor Density: 5.79

• Auto ignition: 405 C