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Technical Data Sheet
Eastman™ DB Solvent, Stabilized

Applications

Architectural coatings
Auto OEM
Auto refinish
Brake fluids
Commerical printing inks
General industrial coatings
Marine
Paints & coatings
Textile
Wood coatings

Key Attributes

Efficient coalescent
Good coupling efficiency
Good solvent activity
High blush resistance
High dilution ratio
Inert - Food use with limitations
Inert - Nonfood use
LVP-VOC
Low surface tension
Low volatility/Low vapor pressure
Miscible with water and most organic liquids
REACH compliant
Readily biodegradable
Slow evaporation rate

Product Description

Eastman™ DB Solvent, Stabilized is a high boiling glycol ether used in baking enamels to promote increased flow-out and leveling in paint films. It is also used in printing inks when very slow drying is desired. In textile dyeing, it promotes rapid, uniform penetration of dyes. This solvent is used as a coalescent in architectural paints, industrial latex paints, and as an organosol dispersant. Eastman™ DB Solvent, Stabilized contains BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) antioxidant.

The chemical substances for this product are listed as Inert Ingredients Permitted for Use in Nonfood Use Pesticide Products, and in Food Use Pesticide Products with limitations, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). For details on specific permissions, click here.

Typical Properties

Property	Test Method	Typical Value, Units
General
Acidity
as Acetic Acid		0.01 wt % max.
Assay		99.0 wt % min.
Autoignition Temperature	D 2155	204 °C (400 °F)
Boiling Point @ 760 mm Hg
Dry Point		235 °C (455 °F)
Initial		230 °C (441 °F)
Color
Pt-Co		10 max.
Dilution Ratio
Toluene		3.9
VMP Naphtha		1.9
Empirical Formula		C₈H₁₈O₃
Evaporation Rate
(n-butyl acetate = 1)		0.003
Fire Point		117 °C (242 °F)
Flammability Limits in Air, % by Volume
Lower @ 135°C		0.85 Vol %
Upper @ 199°C		24.6 Vol %
Flash Point
Cleveland Open Cup		111 °C (232 °F)
Freezing Point		-76 °C (-105 °F)
Molecular Weight		162.23
Refractive Index
@ 20°C		1.4316
Solubility
in Water, @ 20°C		Complete
Water in, @ 20°C		Complete
Specific Gravity
@ 20°C/20°C		0.955
Vapor Pressure
@ 20°C		0.02 mm Hg
Wt/Vol
@ 20°C		0.96 kg/L (7.94 lb/gal)

Comments
Properties reported here are typical of average lots. Eastman makes no representation that the material in any particular shipment will conform exactly to the values given.

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