Applications
VESTASOL® IP is miscible with organic solvents like aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters and ketones in any ratio.
As a result of its equal capacity to form dispersion, polar and hydrogen-bonding forces, VESTASOL®IP has an excellent dissolving power for numerous binders, resins and chemical products.It is therefore pre-dominantly employed as a highboiling solvent in the varnish, printing ink and plant protection agent industries.
Owing to its particular chemical structure, VESTASOL®IP is also used as a chemical raw material for the preparation of numerous products which are only accessible with difficulty in other ways.
In the varnish industry, VESTASOL ® IP has particular importance as a high-boiling solvent for physically- and oven-drying varnishes. In air-or forced-drying industrial spraying and roller varnishes based on,for example, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyacrylates or alkyd resins, additions of VESTASOL ® IP have a flow-improving and gloss-increasing effect.
VESTASOL®IP is also an excellent levelling agent in industrial stoving enamels based on saturated polyesters, polyacrylates and alkyd, epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde resins.
In the formulation of plant protection agents, VESTASOL ® IP is a remarkable solvent. Due to its high miscibility with aromatic hydrocarbons, these solutions show excellent emulsifying properties and high stability, particularly in plant protection agents based on anilides and carbamates.
| Specification | |||
| Property | Value | Unit | Test method |
| Appearance | clear | visual | |
| Color(Hazen) | ≤ 50 | mg Pt/l | DIN ISO 6271/ ASTM D 1209 |
| Purity (mixture of isomeres) | ≥ 99.0 | % by weight | Gas chromatography |
| Water content | ≤ 0.1 | % by weight | DIN 51 777 / ISO 760 |
| Acid content (calc. as acetic acid) | ≤ 0.01 | % by weight | ASTM D 1613 |
| Typical Data | |||
| Molecular weight (C9H14O) | 138.21 | g/mol | - |
| Solidification point | approx.-8 | ℃ | DIN ISO 3016 |
| Viscosity at 20℃ | approx.2.6 | mPa s | DIN 53 015 |
| Solubility parameter at 25℃ | 17.9 | (J/cm3)1/2 | - |
| Heat of evaporation at b.p. | approx.42.4 | kJ/mol | - |
| Vapor pressure at 20℃ | 0.4 | hPa | - |
| Evaporation number (diethyl ether =1) | approx.330 | DIN 53 170 | |
| Flash point | approx.85 | ℃ | DIN EN ISO 2719 |
| Refractive index at 25℃ | approx. 1.476 | DIN 51 423 | |
| Density at 20℃ | approx.0.918-0.923 | g/ml | DIN 51 757/ASTM D 2111 |
| Boiling range at 1013 hPa | 210-216 | ℃ | DIN 53 171 |
Transport and Packaging
Europe: VESTASOL®IP is supplied in 190 kg non-returnable steel drums, as well as in rail cars and road tankers.
NAFTA: VESTASOL®IP is supplied in 419 pound non-returnable steel drums, as well as in rail cars and road tankers.
Asia: VESTASOL ® IP is supplied in 190 kg non-returnable steel drums as well as in road tankers.
Storage
lsophorone can be stored in steel containers. Storage times up to 1 year in closed original containers are possible without influence to the product.
Storage temperature should not exceed 30°℃.
Safety and Handling
Please refer to our Material Safety Data Sheet.
