CELANE SE ANN OUNCES METHYL ETHYL KETONE In line with growing demands a n d short supply, com mercial production o f M e t h y l Ethyl Ketone has now b e e n established a t the Ceianese Texas plant. This well-known solvent, w i d e l y used in the plastics and lacquer industries, is now being produced in tank car quantities to meet industrial requirements.
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SVSETHYLAL This C e i a n e s e Chemical i s n o w a v a i l a b l e in quantities t o permit large s c a l e e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n . A high p o w e r , l o w boiling solvent, methylal is s t a b l e in t h e p r e s e n c e of a l k a l i e s . . . v a l u a b l e a s a v a p o r i z i n g , extraction or r e a c t i o n s o l v e n t . PHYSICAL TENTATIVE PROPERTIES SPECIFICATIONS METHYLAL CONTENT 100% 9 5 % Min. COLOR Water White Water White SPECIFIC GRAVITY 20°C. 0.860! 0.8600—0.8630 4 FLASH POINT, OPEN CUP, approx. 0° Fv 0°?. BOILING POINT 4 2 . 3 ° C. 4 L 5 ° — 4 3 . 5 ° C. REFRACTIVE INDEX, 20° C. 1.3534 1.3530— I - 3 5 5 0
In addition to its outstanding solvent p o w e r , Methyl Ethyl Ketone possesses a higher boiling point and lower v a p o r pressure than acetone. Its unusual prop erties m a k e it i d e a l as an.intermediate in the manu facture of organic chemicals a n d dyes. It is a color less liquid, soluble in w a t e r , alcohol a n d ether and miscible with oils. Your Ceianese chemical representative will b e g l a d to supply samples a n d any specific d a t a about Methyl Ethyl Ketone. Ceianese Chemical Corporation, a division of Ceianese Corporation of America, 180 Madison Avenue, N e w York 16, N.Y.
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