APPE - Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe

DEA: Diethanolamine. See ethanolamine
Debottlenecking: Increasing production capacity of existing facilities through the modification of existing equipment to remove throughput restrictions. Debottlenecking generally increases capacity for a fraction of the cost of building new facilities.
DEGBE: Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether.
DEGBEA: Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether Acetate.
Dehydrogenation: An organic chemical reaction in which a pair of hydrogen atoms are removed from a molecule.
DETA: Diethylenetriamine. See ethyleneamines
Diethanolamine (DEA): See ethanolamine
Diethylene glycol: Diethylene glycol is a colourless liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of unsaturated polyester resins, polyurethanes and plasticizers.
Diethylene glycol ether acetates: Glycol ethers are manufactured from either propylene oxide or ethylene oxide reacted with an alcohol. Glycol ethers and glycol ethers acetates are both hydrophilic (soluble in water) and lipophilic (soluble in oils). They are excellent co-solvents, enabling non-miscible substances to be mixed with each other. They are mainly used as solvents, plasticisers and brake fluids, and in the composition of products such as cleaning and household products, glues, inks etc.. More...
Diethylene glycol ethers: Glycol ethers are manufactured from either propylene oxide or ethylene oxide reacted with an alcohol. Glycol ethers and glycol ethers acetates are both hydrophilic (soluble in water) and lipophilic (soluble in oils). They are excellent co-solvents, enabling non-miscible substances to be mixed with each other. They are mainly used as solvents, plasticisers and brake fluids, and in the composition of products such as cleaning and household products, glues, inks etc..
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Diethylenetriamine (DETA): See ethyleneamines
Dipropylene glycol: One member of the propylene glycols family, the most important of which is monopropylene glycol.
Dipropylene glycol is used primarily as an industrial intermediate, but is also used as a substance in consumer products, and as an ingredient in pesticidal formulations. Uses of dipropylene glycol as a substance capitalize on its superior performance as a plasticizer as well as properties that permit dipropylene glycol to act as a functional ingredient of fluids.
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Dipropylene glycol ether acetate: Glycol ethers are manufactured from either propylene oxide or ethylene oxide reacted with an alcohol. Glycol ethers and glycol ethers acetates are both hydrophilic (soluble in water) and lipophilic (soluble in oils). They are excellent co-solvents, enabling non-miscible substances to be mixed with each other. They are mainly used as solvents, plasticisers and brake fluids, and in the composition of products such as cleaning and household products, glues, inks etc..
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Dipropylene glycol ethers: Glycol ethers are manufactured from either propylene oxide or ethylene oxide reacted with an alcohol. Glycol ethers and glycol ethers acetates are both hydrophilic (soluble in water) and lipophilic (soluble in oils). They are excellent co-solvents, enabling non-miscible substances to be mixed with each other. They are mainly used as solvents, plasticisers and brake fluids, and in the composition of products such as cleaning and household products, glues, inks etc..
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Distillate: The liquid obtained through distillation.
Distillation: The process of boiling a liquid and condensing and collecting the vapour. This process is used to purify liquids and to separate liquid mixtures. In the oil industry, distillation is used to separate crude oil, which is a mixture of hydrocarbons with different boiling temperatures, into groups of hydrocarbons that boil between two specified boiling points.
DPGEE: Dipropylene Glycol Ethyl Ether.
DPGME: Dipropylene Glycol Methyl Ether.

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