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Overview

Product Name

Butyl Alcohol

Brand Name

Butyl Alcohol

Product ERP ID

N/A

Product ID

3035

Description

N-Butanol is a colorless liquid and is utilized as an industrial intermediate to prepare butyl acetate, butyl ester, and butyl ether derivatives. N-Butanol is used as a diluent/reactant in the production of melamine/formaldehyde and urea/formaldehyde resins. It is used as a solvent to make, dyes, lacquers, cellulose lacquers, resins, and varnishes. N-Butanol is a constituent in nail polish formulations. N-Butanol is used to make rubber cement, safety glass, textiles, artificial leather, raincoats, perfumes, motion picture, and photographic film. N-Butanol is also used as a softener to fabricate cellulose nitrate. It is also used in the esterification of lactic acid.



Identifiers

Chemical Name

Butan-1-ol

EC #

200-751-6

Molecular Formula

C4H10O or CH3(CH2)3OH or CH3CH2CH2CH2OH

CAS #

71-36-3

InChI Key

LRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Synonyms

Butyl alcohol; n-Butanol; Butan-1-ol; n-Butyl alcohol; 1-Hydroxybutane



Classifications

Product Chemistries

Alcohols



Tags

Industries

  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Paints & Coatings

Applications

  • Chemical Industry
  • Coatings
  • Food Production
  • Paints & Varnishes

Value Propositions

Marketing Segments

  • Animal Nutrition
  • Beverage
  • Coatings
  • Paint & Dyes
  • Polymers & Resins
  • Process Chemicals

Functions

  • Extractant
  • Flavorant
  • Ingredient
  • Intermediate
  • Solvent

Properties


Property Name Value Unit
Physical State Liquid —
Color Colorless —
Odor Alcohol —
Odor threshold 0.83 ppm
Melting point / freezing point -89 °C
Boiling Point 118 °C
Flash Point 35 °C
Relative evaporation rate (butyl acetate=1) 0.5 —
Lower Flammability limits 1.5 %(V)
Upper Flammability limits 11.3 %(V)
Vapor Pressure 4.4 mmHg
Relative vapor density at 20 °C 2.56 —
Relative density (water) 0.81 —
Specific gravity / density 810 kg/m3
Molecular mass 74.12 g/mol
Solubility Moderately soluble in water —
Log Pow 0.88 —
Auto-Ignition Temperature 343 °C
Viscosity, kinematic 3.642 mm2/s
Viscosity, dynamic 2.95 mPa.s
Explosion limits 43 – 350 g/m3

Specifications

 
 
Specification Name Value Unit Test Method Test Condition
Spec. Gr. at 20 °C 0.8110 — D-1298 —
Appearance pass — D-4176 —
Acidity- As Acetic Acid 0.0013 — D-1613 —
Color, APHA < 5 — D-1209 —
Distillation, IBP 116 °C D-1078 —
Distillation, DP 117 °C — —
Purity 99.99 %w G.C. —
n-Propyl Alcohol 0.22 %w — —
Alcohols as Isobutanol 0.05 % — —
Water Content 397 ppm D-1364 —
Weight 6.75 — — —
Water Content 0.000022 %w — —

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