2-Butoxyethanol CAS 111-76-2

What is 2-Butoxyethanol CAS 111-76-2?

2-Butoxyethanol CAS 111-76-2 primarily acts as a versatile solvent and coupling agent in protective surface coatings, cleaning products, inks, and household/commercial formulations, while also serving in agricultural chemicals, cosmetics, hydraulic fluids, and as a component in degreasers, herbicides, and textile processing.

Specifications

Features

• Superior Solvency: Effectively dissolves architectural resins, nitrocellulose, alkyds, and diverse synthetic/natural materials.
• Coupling Efficiency: Acts as an excellent mutual solvent to bridge and improve compatibility in water-based, solvent-borne, and hybrid formulations.
• Broad Compatibility: Completely miscible with water as well as a large selection of common organic solvents.
• Versatile Performance: Perfectly balances hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties due to its dual ether-alcohol molecular structure.
• Active Solvent Role: Retards evaporation rates to significantly enhance film formation, leveling, and flow characteristics in high-end coatings.

Applications

• Coatings Solvent: Extensively used as a high-boiling coalescing aid and viscosity reducer in water-borne industrial coatings, decorative paints, clear lacquers, varnishes, and enamels.
• Cleaning Agent: Core ingredient in heavy-duty household and industrial cleaners, glass spray formulations, vehicle degreasers, and automated metal surface cleaners.
• Printing Inks: Serves as a vital processing solvent in custom printing inks, stamp pad inks, and textile printing dye pastes to manage uniform drying.
• Paint Strippers: Active component in high-strength thinners, industrial varnish removers, and paint strippers.
• Agricultural Use: Incorporated smoothly as a structural co-solvent or stabilizer in commercial herbicides, pesticides, and liquid insecticides.
• Cosmetic Ingredient: Employed as a coupling vehicle and solubilizer in liquid soaps, surface disinfectants, cosmetics, and targeted personal care items.

Packaging

Mikem offers flexible packaging options, including 25 kg of fiber drums for liquid products and 15–25 kg PP/PE bags for powder products, all customizable to meet your specific needs.