Dipropylene glycol dimethylether
Dipropyleneglycol DME
Edition Date :
May 28, 2026
Dipropyleneglycol DME is an inert solvent and well suited as a non-toxic alternative to NMP (N-Methyl Pyrrolidone) and N-Ethyl Pyrrolidone (NEP) in paints & coatings applications, especially for waterborne PU-dispersions and other solvent-based formulations.
Product Information
Benefits
- Inert and aprotic reaction medium
- Low toxicity and environmentally friendly solvent alternative to NMP
- Completely miscible with most organic solvents and water
- Stable under acidic and alkaline conditions
- Effective coalescing agent and solvent in coatings
- Solubilizer in industrial cleaning
- Supports azeotropic water removal in esterification
Product details
Product Function
- Solvent
Chemical Type
- Glycol ethers
- Ethers
Applications
- Waterborne paints
- Solventborne paints
- General industrial applications
- Organic reactions and polymerizations as inert aprotic medium
- Solvent-based coatings and water-based polyurethane/isocyanate coating systems
- Paint and varnish stripping formulations
- Industrial cleaning products for metal surfaces
- Cleaning of resin and polymeric-based optical lenses and lens molds
- Cosmetic formulations such as nail polish removers
- Liquid crystal alignment in manufacturing
- Cleaning LCDs and printed circuit boards
- Azeotropic water removal in esterification reactions
- Cosolvent in aluminum pastes
- Coupling agent in agricultural formulations
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