Product Overview

Diethylene glycol (DEG), also known as diethylene glycol ether, is an important organic chemical raw material and intermediate.

Product Characteristics

• Chemical formula: C₄H₁₀O₃
• Molecular weight: 106.12 Appearance: colorless transparent liquid without mechanical impurities.
• Odor: viscous liquid with hygroscopicity, pungent odor, non-corrosive. Solubility: miscible with water, ethanol, ethylene glycol, acetone, chloroform, furfural, etc., immiscible with ether, carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons.

Physicochemical properties

• Boiling point: 245℃
• Melting point: -10.5°C
• Relative density: 1.118 (20/4℃)
• Refractive index: 1.4472 (20℃)
• Flash point (closed): 143°C
• Ignition point: 229℃

Product Applications

• Solvent: It is mainly used as gas dehydrating agent and aromatic extraction solvent, and is also the common solvent for nitrocellulose, resin, grease and printing ink.
• Plasticizer: used as rubber and resin plasticizer, can improve the flexibility and processing performance of rubber and resin.
• Others: Used as textile softener, finishing agent, brake fluid matching agent, celluloid softener, antifreeze agent, diluent in emulsion polymerization, etc. It is also used in the production of polyester resin, fiber glass, urethane foam, lubricant viscosity improver and other products.