Lysol

Description

[Reckitt Benckiser] A registered trademark for a liquid antiseptic, disinfectant, and fungicide. Lysol contains soap, Ortho-phenyl phenol and ethanol as active ingredients. The brown, oily liquid is miscible with water and alcohol. Lysol® has been used as a fungicides in starch, glue, and polyvinyl acetate emulsions. Dilute solutions have also been used for removing lichens from granite (Wainwright 1986).

Risks

• Contact may cause skin irritation.
• Flinn Scientific: SDS

Resources and Citations

• Reckitt Benckiser: Lysol Website

• I.N.M.Wainwright, "Lichen removal from an engraved memorial to Walt Whitman" APT Bulletin XVIII (4) 46-51.

• Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942

• G.Caneva, M.P.Nugari, O.Salvadori, Biology in the Conservation of Works of Art, ICCROM, Rome, 1991