Petroleum solvents readily dissolve all petroleum fractions, vegetable oils and fats, and organic compounds of sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. The solvent action increases with the solvent’s aromatic-hydrocarbon content. All petroleum solvents poorly dissolve water (hundredths of a percent). Aromatic solvents poorly dissolve solid paraffins, while liquid propane poorly dissolves asphaltic resinous substances. Petroleum solvents (benzene, toluene, and xylene) exhibit low toxicity and are explosive.
Liquid propane is used to deasphalt tar. Pentane, hexane, heptane, and octane are used in laboratory work. Benzene, toluene, and commercial xylene are used in the manufacture of plastics, resins, varnishes, dyes, and mastics. Gasoline is a solvent used by the rubber industry in the preparation of rubber cement, special quick-drying oil varnishes, and dyes. Petroleum spirits are utilized in the paint and varnish industry and in the preparation of drying oils to dissolve oil enamels, bituminous varnishes, and electrical insulating varnishes.
Solvent 400
Solvent 400 contains at least 30% aromatic compounds, including paraffinic hydrocarbons and cyclo-para phytic hydrocarbons. It’s used more as a diluent in varnishes, colors, Painter, and printing compound, as a diluent in the manufacture of glue and as a tincture.
Solvent 402
White spirits are a mixture of paraffinic and aromatic hydrocarbons with a distillation range of 142 to 200 degrees Celsius. These solvents are clear liquids and have a mild odor, are not chemically stable and do not produce qualities. It is used more as a solvent in paint tanners and varnish, as a solvent for colorants, as a solvent in textile printing, as a fat solvent from metal surfaces, as a solvent for home furnishings, furniture, floor coverings and also wax shoe and as a drying solvent.
Solvent 403
White spirits are a mixture of paraffinic and aromatic hydrocarbons with a distillation range of 142 to 200 degrees Celsius. These solvents are clear liquids, they have the color of water and have a mild odor, are not chemically stable and do not produce qualities. It is used more as a solvent in paint tanners and varnish, as a solvent for colorants, as a solvent in textile printing, as a fat solvent from metal surfaces, as a solvent for home furnishings, furniture, floor coverings and also wax shoe and as a drying solvent.
Solvent 404 & 406
This solvent is consisting of paraffinic hydrocarbons with C5-C8. It is used more as a diluent in varnishes, paints, polishes and printing compound as one of the materials of the tire, rubber solvent and resin, adhesives and strips as solvents in the chemical, cosmetic and food industries.
Solvent 409
Most of the 409 solvents, aromatic hydrocarbons (more than 75%), are mainly toluene. It is used more as a diluent in varnishes, paints, polishes and printing compound, as a diluent in the manufacture of glue and as a tincture.