Normal Butyl Alcohol

Description

Normal Butyl Alcohol (NBA) or NBA is a clear, colorless liquid that is flammable. The Normal Butyl Alcohol (NBA) has a characteristic banana like odor and is used to produce other chemicals, as an ingredient, in formulated products such as cosmetics and as a solvent.

Applications :

• Solvents – for paint, coatings, varnishes, resins, gums, dyes, camphor, vegetables oils, fats, waxes, shellac, rubbers and alkaloids
• Plasticizers – to improve how a plastic material processes
• Coating – as a solvent for a variety of applications, such as curable lacquers and cross linked baking finishes
• Chemical intermediate or raw material – for producing many other chemicals and plastics, including safety glass, hydraulic fluids and detergents formulations
• Textiles – as a swelling agent and manufacturing garments from coated fabric
• Cosmetics – including eye make up, foundations, lipsticks, nail care products, personal hygiene products and shaving products
• Antibiotics, hormones, and vitamins
• Laboratory chemicals – as a solvent for liquid chromatography
• Paint manufacture – as a alcohol solvent
• Rubber manufacture – as a solvent
• Wood strains and varnishes – as a varnish solvent