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We offer a wide assortment of premium grade Xylene Solvent (mix/ortho) is a mixture of three benzene derivatives that is used as a solvent in the printing, rubber, leather and allied industries. It is colorless, sweet-smelling liquid that is very flammable and renowned for its intoxicating properties.
Chemical and physical properties:
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Xylene is a chemical composed by a group of three benzene derivatives that encompasses ortho-, meta- and para- isomers of dimethyl benzene.
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The o-, m- and p- designations specify to which carbon atoms (of the benzene ring) the two methyl groups are attached.
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Counting the carbon atoms from one of the ring carbons bonded to a methyl group and counting towards the second ring carbon bonded to a methyl group, the o- isomer has the IUPAC name of 1,2-dimethylbenzene, the m- isomer has the IUPAC name of 1,3- dimethylbenzene, and the p- isomer has the IUPAC name of 1,4- dimethylbenzene.
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Appearance: colorless,
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Sweet-smelling liquid
- Flammable
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