White Spirit (Turpentine)
white spirit is a petroleum extract and it is considered a mild Solvent. It is known as mineral turpentine, turpentine substitute, petroleum spirits, solvent naphtha (petroleum), Varsol & Solvent 402. this product is mixture of paraffin and aromatic hydrocarbons with a distillation range of 200-142 °C. These types of Solvents are liquid, transparent, colored water and a mild odor, chemically stable and they do not cause corrosion.
White Spirit is used as a paint thinner. In industry, mineral spirits are used for cleaning and degreasing machine tools and parts, and in conjunction with cutting oil as a thread cutting and reaming lubricant. Mineral spirits are an inexpensive petroleum-based replacement for the vegetable-based turpentine.
Applications
It is commonly used as paint thinner for oil-based paint and cleaning brushes, and as an organic solvent in other applications. Mineral spirits are often used to clean and unclog screens after printing with oil-based textile and plastisol inks. They are also used to thin inks used in making mono-prints. Also White Spirit is packed in bulk, drum normally (170 Kg & 200 Kg drum each) and small flexi Tanks (With maximum 15 tons capacity) too.
White Spirit - Solvent 402 analyze | |||||||||
CHARACTERISTIC | UNIT | SPECIFICATION | TEST METHOD | ||||||
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Density @ 15°C | kg/m³ | 775 Min | ASTM D-1298 | ||||||
Color Say bolt | – | 25 Min | ASTM D-156 | ||||||
Flash Point Tag | °C | 38 Min | ASTM D-93 | ||||||
I.B.P | °C | 142 Min | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
10% Evaporated | °C | 158 Min | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
50% Evaporated | °C | 180 Max | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
90% Evaporated | °C | 210 Max | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
FBP | °C | 230 Max | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
Dry Point | °C | 198 Max | ASTM D-86 | ||||||
Sulfur Total | % wt | 0.1 Max | ASTM D-1266 | ||||||
Doctor Test | – | Negative | ASTM D-4952 | ||||||
Aromatic Content | % vol | 20 Max | ASTM-D-1319 |