The four basic nitroparaffin chemistries manufactured by Advancion – nitromethane, nitroethane, 1-nitropropane and 2-nitropropane – possess a unique combination of physical and chemical properties that make them essential for numerous and diverse applications. In addition to their importance as basic synthesis raw materials, fuel components and chemical stabilizers, Advancion markets these compounds as versatile solvents / solvent blends under the NIKANE™, AVANTANE™ and FLEXITANE™ brands used across a broad range of industrial applications.
- Agriculture
- Pharmaceutical Synthesis
- Chemical Manufacturing and Synthesis
- Industrial and Automotive Coatings
- Epoxies, Polyurethanes and Other Reactive Chemistries
- Adhesives and Sealants
- Building and Construction
- Pigment Slurries, Dispersions and Colorants
- Resins and Emulsion Polymerization
- Inks and Overprint Varnish
- Solvents
- Indoor Air Quality Improvement / Pollution Remediation
- Oil and Gas
- High solubility parameters and low hydrogen bonding indexes
- Compatible with a wide range of aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters and keytones
- Excellent for use in electrostatic spraying due to their high dielectric constants
- Forms azeotropes with a large number of widely used solvents
- Excellent wetting ability and monomolecular moisture displacement when used as a grinding aid for metallic pigments
- Ideal for industrial extraction processes, such as the separation of aromatics from aliphatics, and the removal of CO2 and H2S from hydrocarbon gas streams
- Unique combination of high polarity / low water solubility
- Helps provide increased power as a specialty fuel and fuel additive
- Improves quality issues associated with less-than-optimal solvent release
- Enhances adhesion of inks and coatings to substrates
- Excellent solvency for a variety of polymers
Broadly registered for use in all major geographies
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