Like many hazardous solvents that predate it, nPB (a.k.a. 1-bromopane and n-propyl bromide) experienced widespread use as an industrial degreasing solvent but was eventually found to be too toxic to use in large quantities. nPB has had a successful, 20-year run as a first line degreasing solvent, but the time has come for large-scale users […]
As its name makes clear, the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) is dedicated to sustaining our cultural heritage through the conservation of important historical areas, historical artifacts, and works of art. It may sound like the AIC has nothing to do with the industrial solvent industry, but the conservation goals […]
Since the mid-1930s, PERC, also known as perchloroethylene, PCE, tetrachloroethylene, and tetrachloroethene, has been an effective organic solvent that has mainly been used in the dry cleaning industry and to a lesser extent, in metal degreasing. PERC was an ideal dry cleaning solvent because of its excellent cleaning power, stable, non-flammable properties, and gentleness towards […]
Does it seem odd that the cans of aerosol solvent your organization uses are about the size of the cans of aerosol cleaner you use at home? If you run an industrial operation that relies on aerosol solvent for business-critical cleaning applications, there’s a good chance that you use more solvent in the workplace than […]
Since chemistry caught up with the capitalistic ambitions of the the Industrial Revolution, industrial companies and organizations have used toxic chemicals for various commercial and industrial work processes, such as defluxing metal after heat treating processes, producing asphalt, dry cleaning, and the list goes on. Today, these toxic chemicals have largely fallen out of favor […]
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