Understanding the Types of Cleaning Solvents
Solvents are essential for any industrial cleaning application. There are more than hundreds of different types of solvent cleaners, which have their own characteristics. The solvent is a substance that can be used to dissolve other materials without chemical change. Chemical solvents are classified as inorganic and organic. Organic solvents have carbon and include all of the common industrial metal cleaning solutions. Cleaning Solvents: There are many choices of cleaning solvents. The different types of solvents are given below: There are three types of metal cleaning solutions available for use in various precision cleaning. a) Oxygenated solvents b) hydrocarbon solvents c)Halogenated solvents Oxygenated solvents: Oxygenated solvents contain oxygen in their molecular structure. They are derived from petroleum products. They have low toxicity and high solvent power. Oxygenated solvents are widely used as additives in manufacturing a huge variety of products f...