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SKU
RXSOL-19-1568-210

Title
2 Ethyl Hexanol

2-Ethyl Hexanol A clear, high-boiling point and low volatiity solvent with a characteristic color.

Product Remarks

Remarks

Synonom : 2-Ethyl Hexanol, Ethyl Hexyl Alcohol, Octyl Alcohol, Octanol

 
Main application is as a feed stock in the manufacture of low volatility esters, the most important of it is Di-Octyl Phthalate (DOP or DEHP)
As low volatility Solvent for resins, animal fats, vegetable oils etc.
As low-volatility ingredient in solvent blends for dye stuffs & coating industries
Additive in dispersing & wetting agents for pigment pastes.
Feed stock in the manufacture of Ethoxylates & extractents for heavy metals.
Used in the production of derivatives like Di-Octyl Adipate, Di-Octyl Maleate, etc.
Feed stock in the manufacture of 2-Ethyl Hexyl Sulphate which is used as a surfactant for Electrolytes.
Used in the production of 2-Ethyl hexyl esters, which serves as thermal stabilizers and antioxidants/plastics.
 

Field Note

Note
It is also known as Octanol (C8 alcohol)
 
• Readily forms esters with various acids
• Very limited miscibility with water
• Low volatility solvent
• Enhances flow and gloss in baking finishes
• Non-HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutant) Solvent
Application

Manufacturing of PVC, Plasticizers, Antifoam Agents, Solvents, etc.

Dose

2-Ethyl Hexanol (2-EH) is a clear high-boiling point and low volatility solvent, uniform, nontoxic liquid with a characteristic odor, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvent. It is obtained indirectly in OXO synthesis from propylene (C3H6) and synthesis gas (CO + H2)

Locations

2-Ethyl Hexanol, Ethyl Hexyl Alcohol, Octyl Alcohol, Octanol supplier in fujairah, Barka Muscat,  Nairobi Kenya, Mumbai. 2-Ethyl Hexanol well known supplier in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Abudhabi, UAE Middle East, Muscat Barka Sohar, Oman, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Ganddhidham Gujrat, Africa Canada

Keywords

Used in anti-foams for almost all aqueous systems.

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Tank Cleaner supplies tank cleaning chemicals for crude, product and chemical tankers, cargo holds and storage tanks. Part of the RXSOL group, since 1995.

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Tank cleaning chemicals for tankers, cargo holds and storage tanks. Part of the RXSOL group, since 1995.

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