General properties
It is a colorless, viscous liquid with sweetish taste. It is completely miscible with water, acetone, diethyl ether, monobasic alcohols, glycols, amines, chloroform, and many other organic solvents. It is partially soluble in benzene.
Range of application
In the production of unsaturated polyester resins (for construction industry and car production), flexible polyurethanes, alkyd resins; as a solvent of natural and synthetic compounds in the production of ointments, pastes, creams, shampoos, etc. in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries; in food industry as a solvent of food additives and as a tobacco humectant; for the disinfection of rooms at food industry enterprises; in the manufacture of brake fluids, antifreezes, deicing fluids and heat carriers; as a plasticizer in the production of cellophane and polyvinyl chloride films; in smoke machines to create visual effects at concerts, variety shows, and in movie industry.