Appearance: Sticky liquid

Chemical Name: 1,2-Dihydroxyethane, Ethylene Glycol, MEG

Chemical Formula: (CH2OH)2

Packaging Type : 230 Kg. In Barrels, IBCs, Tankers

Definition and Areas of Use:

It is a colorless transparent viscous liquid with sweet taste and moisture absorption ability. It is also miscible with water, lower aliphatic alcohols, glycerol, acetic acid, acetone, ketones, aldehydes, pyridine and similar coal tar bases. It is slightly soluble in ether but virtually insoluble in benzene and its homologues, chlorinated hydrocarbons, petroleum ether and oils.

Usage areas

• Mono ethylene glycol is mainly used as an antifreeze agent for the preparation of automobile cooling systems and as a raw material for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (polyester fiber raw material and plastic material).
• Also synthetic resins, solvents, lubricants, surfactants, softeners, humectants, explosives, etc. It can also be used in production.
• Glycol can often be used as an alternative to glycerol and is often used as a hydrating agent and solvent in the tanning industry and pharmaceutical industry.
• Glycol has a strong solubility ability, but it can be easily oxidized to toxic metabolic oxalic acid and therefore cannot be widely used as a solvent. Ethylene glycol can be added to the hydraulic fluid and used to prevent the oil-based hydraulic fluid on the rubber of the system from melting.
• Water-based hydraulic fluid with ethylene glycol as the main component is a flammable hydraumatic fluid and can be applied to aircraft, automobile and high-temperature molding machine.
• As antifreeze in emulsion paints and aqueous systems.
• It is used as a solvent for casein, gelatin, dextrin, some phenol-formaldehyde resins, alkyd resins and dyestuffs.
• It also gives the paint slipperiness and ease of application. Mono ethylene glycol is also used as a heat-transfer agent.