XYLENE (OVEN THINNER)

The chemical and physical properties of xylene vary according to the respective isomers. It is less dense than water. It is produced by methylation of xylene toluene and benzene.

It is used in the production of xylene, plastic bottles, and polyester clothing. Used as a xylene solvent. Solvent xylene usually contains up to a small percentage of ethylbenzene. Like the individual isomers, the mixture is colorless, sweet-smelling and highly flammable. Xylene application areas cover the printing, rubber and leather industries. It is a common component of ink, rubber, and adhesives. When thinning xylene paints and varnishes, it can replace toluene wherever slow drying is desired and is therefore used by preservatives of art objects in solubility testing. Xylene is similarly a cleaning agent for eg steel, silicone sheets, and integrated circuits. Xylene is a common component of paraffin solvents used in the oil industry when the pipe is also clogged with wax. For similar reasons, the active ingredient in commercial products for ear wax (serum) removal is mostly.

Xylene is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice to cool the reaction vessels and is used as a solvent for light microscopy to remove synthetic immersion oil from the microscope lens. In histology, xylene is the most used cleaning agent. Xylene is used to remove paraffin from dried microscope slides before staining. After staining, place xylene lamella xylene before mounting with a coverslip.

Xylene is used as the main raw material or auxiliary raw material in many industrial products, including paint and adhesive. Xylene is used as a solvent and carrier agent for active substances, while pesticides related to fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides are produced in the agricultural field.