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Paint and Cleaning solvent

EPICHLOROHYDRIN

Product code RXSOL-19-1165-035

PURE EPICHLORHYDRIN used extensively as an industrial intermediate, a laboratory reagent, and as an insecticide.

Description

Epichlorohydrin is a kind of organochlorine compound as well as epoxide. It can be used as an industrial solvent. It is a highly reactive compound, and can be used for the production of glycerol, plastics, epoxy glues and resins, and elastomers. It can also be used for the production of glycidyl nitrate and alkali chloride, used as the solvent of cellulose, resins, and paint as well as being used as an insect fumigant. 

Application
Application
    Applications:
  • Epichlorohydrin is mainly used in the production of epoxy resins. It was also used as a solvent for paints, varnishes, lacquers, cellulose esters and ethers, and gums.
  • Epichlorohydrin was historically used as an insecticide fumigant.Epichlorohydrin is used to make glycerol,epoxy resins, adhesive, and castings; asderivatives for producing dyes, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, and plasticizers; and asa solvent for resins, gums, paints, andvarnishes.Commercially the most important use is production of glycerine. Large volumes are consumed in nonglycerine areas, which largely consist of the various epoxy resins.
  • It has use as a solvent and in the production of epichlorohydrin rubber.Solvent for natural and synthetic resins, gums, cellulose esters and ethers, paints, varnishes, nail enamels and lacquers, cement for Celluloid. As stabilizer.