Propylene glycol methyl ether
  • Product standards

    HG/T 3939-2007

  • Package

    In bulk, transported in tank truck or packaged insteel drums.

Technical requirement

Test itemsTechnical indicators
Appearance colorless transparentliquid
Propylene glycol methyl ether,w/%                 ≥99.5
2-Methoxy-1-propanol,w/%      ≥0.4
water,w/%≤0.1
Acidity (as acetic acid),w/%     ≤0.01
Boiling range(0℃,101.325kPa)/℃ 117-125
Chromaticity/Hazen Unit (Pt-Co color scale) ≤10
Density (ρ)/(g/cm3)             0.918-0.924



Use to

1. Solvent, dispersant or diluent: it is used forindustries such as coating, ink, printing and dyeing, pesticide, cellulose andacrylate. It can also be used as fuel antifreeze, cleaning agent, extractant,nonferrous metal mineral processing agent, etc. In addition, it can be used asa raw material for organic synthesis.

2. It is mainly used as an excellent solvent fornitrocellulose fiber, alkyd resin and maleic anhydride modified phenolic resins,an additive for jet olefin antifreeze and brake fluid, and a solvent for inks,textile dyes and textile oil agent; in addition, the water-based coatings madefrom it are widely used in the automotive industry.

3. It is widely used for paints and detergents. Inparticular, it is used as an active solvent for water-based coatings; activesolvent and couplant for solvent-based printing ink; solvent for ballpoint penand pen ink; couplant and solvent for household and industrial cleaners, rustremovers and hard surface cleaners; solvent for agricultural pesticides; and itcan be mixed with Propylene glycol n-propyl ether for glass cleaner.