Difference between revisions of "Triacetin"

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A colorless, oily liquid. Triacetin is used as a solvent in the manufacture of Celluloid, photographic films, basic dyes, and tannins. It is also used as a plasticizers for acetate fibers.

glycerol triacetate; 1,2,3-propanetriol triacetate; triacetyl glycerine; 1,2,3-propanetriol

Chemical structure

Soluble in ethanol, ether. Slightly soluble in water.

Combustible. Flash point = 138 C

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 8

Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990

The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 9721

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triacetin (accessed Jun 6, 2006)

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 == Description ==
-A colorless, oily liquid. Triacetin is used as a solvent in the manufacture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=celluloid celluloid], photographic films, [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=basic%20dye basic dyes], and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=tannin tannins]. It is also used as a [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=plasticizer plasticizers] for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=acetate%20fiber acetate fibers].
+A colorless, oily liquid. Triacetin is used as a solvent in the manufacture of [[celluloid|celluloid]], photographic films, [[basic%20dye|basic dyes]], and [[tannin|tannins]]. It is also used as a [[plasticizer|plasticizers]] for [[acetate%20fiber|acetate fibers]].
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