n-butanol

Product Description

• A solvent for dyes in printing inks and other products
• As an additive in polishes, cleaners and stain removers
• As a swelling agent for textiles
• As an extractant in the production of drugs, antibiotics, hormones, vitamins, alkaloids and camphor
• As a solubilizer in the textile industry, for example as an additive in spinning baths or a carrier for colouring plastics
• As an additive in de-icing fluids and gasoline (to prevent carburettor icing)
• In paper and thin-layer chromatography
• As a humectant for cellulose nitrate
• As a feedstock for the production of glycol ethers
• As a starting material for various butyl monocarboxylates which are widely used as solvents
• As a feedstock for the production of flotation aids