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| DBE is used in a variety of applications functioning as a solvent but it can also function as a building block or as a chemical intermediate |
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Plasticizers are usually short-chain polymers in a resin which interfere with the hardening process. They can be soft segments in the polymer backbone (permanent plasticizers), but are usually separate molecules between the polymer chains, so-called fugitive plasticizers. They are typically esters of branched isomers of C8, 9 & 10 mono alcohols.
DBE and its fractions serve as a source of acids in the formation of permanent diester and polyester plasticizers, or directly as fugitive plasticizers in flexible, thermoset and other resins.
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Polyols for polyurethane
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| Polyester polyols based on DBE are used to make PU elastomers, coatings and both flexible and rigid foams.
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Pigments
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| DBE-4 is used as a starting material for the production of quinacridone organic pigments.
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Wet strength paper resin
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| DBE is used to make to make a wet strength paper resin in the paper industry. The addition of the resin to the cellulose creates crosslinks in the structure that imparts strength to the paper. |
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Soil stabilization
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| Chemical grouting is the practice of injecting a solution into soil to reinforce and stabilize soils and/or increase their load carrying capabilities. This is why grouting is often used as a construction aid. Sodium silicate and a hardener (based on DBE dibasic esters) form such a grouting system. This reaction is analogous to the formation of natural sandstone, which is formed by glueing together loose sand with silicate.
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| Pharmaceutical and agro-chemicals |
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| The fractions of DBE provide a useful source of C4-C6 di-esters or di-acids. Some of the fractions can act as an intermediate in the manufacture of pesticides.
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