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Polypropylene glycol

P 2,000

Synonym(s):

PPG

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CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23
MDL number:
Bp:
287.6 °C/
Vapor pressure:
<0.01 hPa ( 20 °C)
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Quality Level

vapor pressure

<0.01 hPa ( 20 °C)

form

liquid

mol wt

Mn 1513

refractive index

n20/D 1.451

viscosity

~450 mPa.s(20 °C)

bp

287.6 °C/

solubility

water: miscible (completely)

density

1.00 g/mL at 20 °C

SMILES string

O(C(CO)C)CC(O)C

InChI

1S/C6H14O3/c1-5(8)4-9-6(2)3-7/h5-8H,3-4H2,1-2H3

InChI key

DUFKCOQISQKSAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Polypropylene glycol is an addition polymer of propylene glycol and water. It is represented by the formula HO(C3H6O)nC3H6OH in which n represents the average number of oxypropylene groups. Polypropylene glycol is soluble in water and in certain organic solvents as aliphatic ketones and alcohols and insoluble in ether and in most aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Application

Polypropylene glycol (PPG)is widely used as an antifoaming agent. For example, it can be used to controlfoam in the production of Bacillus thuringiensis-based biopesticides fromsewage sludge.

It can be used in thepreparation of polyurethane(PU) elastomers. For example, it can be used tosynthesize PU elastomers with good acoustic absorption properties.

PPG-2000 can be used as a soft segment in the preparationof PU-based self-healing polymeric networks. These networks find application in the field of soft electronics.

Features and Benefits

  • Long and flexible alkyl groups promotechain mobility, which facilitates rapid self-healing.
  • The methyl groups present on the sides of thepolymer improve emulsification in water.


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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

445.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

229.44 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves



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Mohammed Taghi Zafarani-Moattar et al.
Biotechnology progress, 28(1), 146-156 (2011-09-29)
In this work, we proposed a novel aqueous biphasic system (ABS) composed of polypropylene glycol P400 (PPG P400) and hydrophilic ionic liquids (IL), 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (alkyl = ethyl or butyl), forming an upper polymer-rich phase and a lower IL-rich phase
Celeste R Brennecka et al.
World neurosurgery, 78(5), 469-480 (2011-11-29)
Current treatments for cerebral aneurysms are far from ideal. Platinum coils are prone to compaction, and currently used liquid embolics are delivered with angiotoxic agents. This work presents initial in vivo studies of a novel liquid-to-solid gelling polymer system (PPODA-QT)
John Texter et al.
Macromolecular rapid communications, 33(1), 69-74 (2011-12-03)
The controlled atom transfer radical polymerization of an ionic liquid, 1-(11-acryloylundecyl)-3-methyl imidazolium bromide (ILBr), from both ends of a telechelic poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) macroinitiator, end-functionalized with bromoisobutyryloyl is reported. The resulting highly water-soluble triblock, poly(ILBr-b-PO-b-ILBr) is multistimuli responsive. This new



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SKUGTIN
81380-1L04061832996486
81380-10ML-KC04061837799051