Methyl cyclohexanone evaporation rate

Nitrocellulose lacquers can be formulated with a large number of ketone solvents. Acetone, a fast evaporating solvent, will tolerate large additions of cheaper aromatic diluents to the nitrocellulose lacquers. The low viscosity of acetone and the hydrocarbon additions affords low solution viscosities. Other ketones that are useful as nitrocellulose solvents and that have high aliphatic and aromatic dilution ratios include MEK and MIBK. Additional ketones that find use in nitrocellulose lacquers include methyl /i-amyl ketone, methyl isoamyl ketone, dipropyl ketone, diisobutyl ketone, and cyclohexanone. Selection of the ketone often will depend on the desired evaporation rate. 

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