N-BUTANOL

CAS: 71-36-3

N-BUTANOL (CAS: 71-36-3),1-Butanol, also known as butyl alcohol, is a colourless, flammable, volatile liquid with a strong alcoholic odor. It is a four carbon straight chain alcohol. 1-Butanol is slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol, ether, benzene and other organic solvents, so it can dissolve alkaloids, camphor, dyes, rubber, ethyl cellulose, grease, wax and a variety of natural and synthetic resins. Naturally, 1-Butanol occurs as a minor product of the fermentation of sugars and other carbohydrates. And it is also present in many foods and beverages.

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Application industries:

· 1-Butanol is used as solvent for paints, coatings, resins, gums, dyes, varnishes, vegetable oils, waxes, dyes, fats, rubbers, resins, shellac, camphor, and alkaloids. It is also used as dehydrating agent, anticreaming agent, extractant of drugs (such as antibiotics, hormones and vitamins) and spices, additive of alkyd paint, etc.

· As a solvent, 1-butanol is used to separate potassium perchlorate and sodium perchlorate, and sodium chloride and lithium chloride.

· What's more, it is mainly used in the manufacture of phthalic acid, aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and phosphoric acid butyl acetate plasticizers which are widely used in a variety of plastic and rubber products.

· Besides, it is also used as a diluent/reactant in the manufacture of urea-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins. In addition, it is allowed as artificial flavorant in the United States, used in ice cream and ices, cream, fruit, rum, baked goods, whiskey, candy, butter, and cordials.

technical parameters

Name	Analytically Pure
Content:CH3(CH2)2CH2OH,%	≥99.0
chroma	≤10
density(20°C),g/ml	0.808-0.811
evaporation deposits,%	0.001
moisture(H2O) ,%	0.2
acidity(as H+), mmol/100g	0.05
carbonyl compound(as CO ),%	0.02
ester(as CH3COOC4H9),%	0.1
unsaturated compound(as Br ),%	0.005