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An inert material used to decrease the concentration of an active component. A diluent may be a solvent used to decrease the concentration or viscosity of a coating or paint. Also a diluent may be an inert filler added to an adhesive or pigment as a bulking agent to increase workability or just to decrease cost. For example, sand is added to cement as a diluent and turpentine is a diluent in oil paints. Water is the most common diluent. | An inert material used to decrease the concentration of an active component. A diluent may be a solvent used to decrease the concentration or viscosity of a coating or paint. Also a diluent may be an inert filler added to an adhesive or pigment as a bulking agent to increase workability or just to decrease cost. For example, sand is added to cement as a diluent and turpentine is a diluent in oil paints. Water is the most common diluent. | ||
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[extender]], [[filler]], and [[thinner]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 14 January 2014
Description
An inert material used to decrease the concentration of an active component. A diluent may be a solvent used to decrease the concentration or viscosity of a coating or paint. Also a diluent may be an inert filler added to an adhesive or pigment as a bulking agent to increase workability or just to decrease cost. For example, sand is added to cement as a diluent and turpentine is a diluent in oil paints. Water is the most common diluent.
See also Extender, Filler, and Thinner.
Synonyms and Related Terms
thinner; thinning agent; filler; extender; adulterant
Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982