Transparent liquid, without suspended impurities
n-Butyl acetate is used as solvent in coating, lacquer, printing ink, adhesive, leatheroid, nitrocellulose, etc.
It is the solvent of some cosmetics, acting as medium boiling solvent of nail polishes to dissolve the epithelium forming agents, like: nitrocellulose, acrylate and alkyd resins. It also can be used to prepare the remover of nail polishes. It is often mixed with ethyl acetate while in use.
n-Butyl acetate is normally delivered in bulk with stainless steel or carbon steel tank trucks. At customer's request, it can also be packed in steel drums.
Package type
Bulk package, to be transported by the tank vehicles. It may also be packed in steel drums according to requirements of customers.
Application
1. It is good organic solvent widely used in cellon lacquers, and used as solvent in processing artificial leather, fabrics and plastics. It may also be used in the spice industry.
2. It is certified by GB2760 - 96 as an allowable food spice. As a kind of spice, it is widely used to prepare essences such as banana, pear, pineapple, apricot, peach, strawberry and berries flavors. It may also be used as the solvent for natural adhesives and composite resins, etc.
3. It is used as an extractant in oil processing and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes; used in compounding of spices and as an component in various flavors, such as apricot, banana, pear and pineapple flavors; and also used as an analytic reagent, chromatographic reference matter and solvent.
Measuring items |
Technical Index |
Appearance |
Clear liquid, free of any suspended impurities |
Acetic acid n-butyl ester, w/%≥ |
99.5 |
N-butanol, w/%≤ |
0.2 |
Water, w/%≤ |
0.05 |
Acides (calculated as aetic acid), w/%≤ |
0.010 |
Chrominance/Hazen unit (Pt-Co color number)≤ |
10 |
Density,(ρ20)/(g/cm3) |
0.878~0.883 |