Dimethyl Esters (also known as Dibasic Esters and DMEs) are readily biodegradable solvents used in a wide variety of industrial and specialty applications. Consisting of both purified and mixed grades of adipic, glutaric and succinic dimethyl esters, they are clear, colorless liquids offering a unique combination of high solvency power, low volatility, low cost and high flash point.
Commercial acceptance and use of dimethyl esters continues to increase due to the material’s positive economic, environmental and performance characteristics. Dimethyl esters can be used alone or in customized ester and co-solvent blends to replace more conventional and increasingly regulated materials and industrial solvents, such as methylene chloride, isophorone, glycol ethers and their acetates, acetone, cresylic acid, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
A Wide Range of Recognized Uses & Applications
- Coatings (Coil, Container, Automotive, Wire)
- Cleaning & Stripping Compounds
- Plasticizers
- Pigments
- Adhesives
- Waterborne Microemulsions
- Pharmaceutical & Agricultural Ingredients
- Oilfield Chemicals
- Polyester Resins and Polyols
- Wet Strength Paper Resins
- Foundry Core Binders
- Soil Stabilization
Preferable Environmental / Regulatory Profile
- Low VOC
- Readily Biodegradable
- Non Flammable
- Not included CERCLA/SARA hazardous substances list
- Not required SARA Section 313
- Not considered a hazardous waste under RCRA
- Not included on the CWA list of hazardous substances
- Used in EPA DfE formulations
- Non hazardous DOT
