Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or Butanone manufacturers, and suppliers In India

Vizag chemical is one of the leading methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or Butanone manufacturers, and suppliers in Visakhapatnam, Mumbai, Surat, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, and Kolkata India. We are supplied into various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.

Butanone, also known as methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), is an organic compound with the formula CH3C(O)CH2CH3. This colorless liquid ketone has a sharp, sweet odor reminiscent of acetone. It is produced industrially on a large scale but occurs in nature only in trace amounts. It is partially soluble in water and is commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is an isomer of another solvent, tetrahydrofuran.

 methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) Applications

As a solvent
Butanone is an effective and common solvent and is used in processes involving gums, resins, cellulose acetate, and nitrocellulose coatings, and in vinyl films. For this reason, it finds use in the manufacture of plastics, textiles, in the production of paraffin wax, and in household products such as lacquer, varnishes, paint remover, a denaturing agent for denatured alcohol, glues, and as a cleaning agent. It has similar solvent properties to acetone but boils at a higher temperature and has a significantly slower evaporation rate. Unlike acetone, it forms an azeotrope with water, making it useful for azeotropic distillation of moisture in certain applications. Butanone is also used in dry erase markers as the solvent of the erasable dye.

As a plastic welding agent

As butanone dissolves polystyrene and many other plastics, it is sold as "model cement" for use in connecting parts of scale model kits. Though often considered an adhesive, it is actually functioning as a welding agent in this context.

Butanone is the precursor to methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, which is a catalyst for some polymerization reactions such as crosslinking of unsaturated polyester resins. Dimethylglyoxime can be prepared from butanone first by reaction with ethyl nitrite to give diacetyl monoxime followed by conversion to the dioxime:

In the Peroxide process of producing hydrazine, the starting chemical ammonia is bonded to butanone, oxidized by hydrogen peroxide, bonded to another ammonia molecule.

In the final step of the process, hydrolysis produces the desired product hydrazine, and regenerates the butanone.

Uses Of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (C4H8O)

Methyl Ethyl Ketone is used as a plastic welding agent because it has the ability to dissolve polystyrene and various other plastics.

It is used in the production of varnishes, and paraffin wax.
It acts as a precursor in polymerization reactions.
It is used as a cleaning agent.
MEK is used in glues.
Butanone is used in the production of petroleum.

While segmenting the Market by Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) Types, the Report includes:

General Grade
Ammonia Ester Grade
Other

While segmenting the Market by Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) Applications, the report covers the following application areas:

Coatings
Adhesives
Inks
Chemical Intermediates
Lubricants
Other

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