Normal Butyl Alcohol (NBA)
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
Specifications
| Boiling point | 117.7 °C |
| Formula | C4H10O |
| Density | 810 kg/m³ |
| Molar mass | 74.121 g/mol |
| ChemSpider ID | 258 |
| Application | Industrial |