Solvents polishes

Cellulosics are easily coloured, suitable for dyeing by immersion in dye baths, and can be solvent polished, cut, cemented, drilled and decorated. Varnishing and serigraphy are easily used. 

Solvents Polish remover contains acetone paint remover, paint thinner, and correction fluids contain toluene (an aromatic hydrocarbon), methylene chloride, and methanol fuel gas contains butane lighter fluid contains butane and isopropane fire extinguishers contain bromochlorodifluo-romethane. 

The cleaned solvent is collected in a 20-m tank and, via sintered stainless steel filters, transferred to a larger storage tank for reuse. As the metal filters may become very radioactive, provision is made for back washing and remote replacement. Final solvent polishing by adsorption on anion-exchange resin has been found advantageous at Hanford [S4]. 

Definition Reaction prod, of microciystalline wax and oi en Uses External lubricant, processing aid, slip agent, antiblocking agent, scuff/mar resist, aid in plastics, styrenics, polyolefins, TPOs, for formulation of emulsions, coatings, textile finish softeners, floor, auto, and liq. solv.-based polishes modifier in solvent polish systems car-nauba substitute... 

Solvent polishing n. A method for improving the gloss of thermoplastic articles by immersion in, or spraying with a solvent... 

Carpentering and floor work Adhesives, solvents, polishes and varnishes, treated wood Spent solvents, toxic wastes... 

Solvent Polish ng m A method for improving the gloss of thermoplastic articles by immersion in, or spraying with a solvent that will dissolve surface irregularities, followed by evaporation of the solvent. The method is used primarily for cellulosics, for which dipping is suitable. Plastics that are subject to crazing, such as polystyrene, are usually sprayed rather than dipped. 

The different types of furniture pohshes include hquid or paste solvent waxes, clear oil pohshes, emulsion oil pohshes, emulsion wax pohshes, and aerosol or spray pohshes (3). Nonwoven wipes impregnated with pohsh ingredients have been targeted at consumers who do not wish to expend the time to dust before polishing (11). Compilations of representative formulas are given in References 3, 4, 12, and 13. Paste waxes contain ca 25 wt % wax, the remainder being solvent. Clear oil pohshes contain 10—15 wt % oil and a small amount of wax, the rest being solvent. Aerosol or spray products may contain 2—5 wt % of a sihcone polymer, 1—3 wt % wax, 0—30 wt % hydrocarbon solvent, and ca 1 wt % emulsifier. The remainder is water. 

Use of a shoe poHsh imparts high gloss, maintains the supple hand of the leather (qv), and increases the weather resistance of the leather (3,57—59). Three general types of poHshes are produced solvent pastes, self-polishing Hquids, and emulsion creams. Solvent pastes represent ca 60% of the market (58). 

Dew-Point Method The dew point of wet air is measured directly by observing the temperature at which moisture begins to form on an artificially cooled polished surface. The polished surface is usually cooled by evaporation of a low-boihng solvent such as ether, by vaporization of a condensed permanent gas such as carbon dioxide or liquid air, or by a temperature-regulated stream of water. 

The largest user of phenol in the form of thermosetting resins is the plastics industry. Phenol is also used as a solvent and in the manufacture of intermediates for pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and dyestuffs. Styrene is used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber and polystyrene resins. Phthalic anhydride is used in the manufacture of DMT, alkyd resins, and plasticizers such as phthalates. Maleic anhydride is used in the manufacture of polyesters and, to some extent, for alkyd resins. Minor uses include the manufacture of malathion and soil conditioners. Nitrobenzene is used in the manufacture of aniline, benzidine, and dyestuffs and as a solvent in polishes. Aniline is used in the manufacture of dyes, including azo dyes, and rubber chemicals such as vulcanization accelerators and antioxidants. 

The simplest and most thoroughly studied solutions are those based on phosphoric acid at low temperatures (<35°C) which alone can fulfil all three requirements of acid solvent, film former (as metal phosphate) and diffusion agent by virtue of its viscosity. Thus copper and its main alloys of brasses and bronzes can be very effectively electropolished in 60-70% orthophos-phoric acid with the temperature maintained below 35°C under other conditions copper passivates or dissolves freely under mass transfer controlled conditions, but by varying the conditions appropriately polishing can be continued under mild agitation. An annotated polarisation curve is given in Fig. 11.7 readers are referred to recent studies for more detailed 2ispects " . 

Acetone (bp = 56°C) is completely water-soluble and dissolves a wide variety of organic compounds as well. Accordingly, it is one of the most important industrial solvents. You may be most familiar with it as the solvent in nail polish. 

Esters are important substances. The esters of the low molecular weight acids and alcohols have fragrant, fruit-like odors and are used in perfumes and artificial flavorings. Esters are useful solvents this is the reason they are commonly found in model airplane dope and fingernail polish remover. 

Luo et al. [1,153] used a slurry containing ultra-fine diamond (UFD) powders to polish the surface of HDD sliders. The powders are from 3 nm to 18 nm in diameter and 90 % around 5 nm. They are crystal and sphere-like [154]. The pH value of the slurry is kept in the range from 6.0 to 7.5 in order to avoid the corrosion of read-write heads, especially pole areas. A surface-active agent is added into the slurry to decrease the surface tension of the slurry to 22.5 Dyn/cm, and make it spread on the polish plate equably. An anti-electrostatic solvent is also added to the slurry to avoid the magnetoresistance (MR) head being destroyed by electrostatic discharge. The anion concentration of the slurry is strictly controlled in ppb level so as to avoid the erosion of magnetic heads as shown in Table 5. The concentration of UFDs in the slurry is 0.4 wt %. 

Figure 9.9 Schesatic diagrans of flow-through cell. A, and solvent elimination interfar B, for SFC/FTIR. For A (1) polished stainless steel lig..v.pipe (2) zinc selenide window (3) PTFE spacer (4) viton rubber o-ring (5) graphitized Vespel nicroferrule (6) deactivated fused-silica capillary tubing (7) bolt with Allen nut (8) stainless steel end-fitting and (9) stainless steel body of flow cell.

Decaffeination of green coffee beans is most usually carried out with a water/solvent partition system. The green coffee beans are first steamed until they are hot, wet, and swollen, to make the caffeine available. Solvent is then used to extract the caffeine out of the aqueous phase of the beans. Finally, the beans are steamed to drive off residual solvent. The coffee beans lose their wax surface covering in the process, as well as some flavor components. For this reason, the Robusta and Brazilian Arabica coffees that are dry-processed and have the most powerful flavors are usually the types that are decaffeinated. They become milder in the process. Mechanical polishing is used to improve the appearance of decaffeinated green coffee beans if they are not to be roasted immediately. Extra care is required, however, to store these decaffeinated beans since the loss of wax covering as well as caffeine renders them much more susceptible to fungal attack. 

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