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2. Automotive paint - Wikipedia

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   Automotive paint is paint used on automobiles for both protective and decorative purposes. [1] [2] Water-based acrylic polyurethane enamel paint is currently the most widely used paint for reasons including reducing paint's environmental impact . Modern automobile paint is applied in several layers, with a total thickness of around 100 μm (0.1mm).

3. White spirit - Wikipedia

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   White Spirit is a petroleum distillate used as a paint thinner and mild solvent . White spirit is an inexpensive petroleum -based replacement for the vegetable -based turpentine. It is commonly used as a paint thinner for oil-based paint and cleaning brushes, and as an organic solvent in other applications. Mineral turpentine is chemically very ...

4. List of UN numbers 1201 to 1300 - Wikipedia

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   Paint-related materials including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac solutions, varnish, polish, liquid filler, and liquid lacquer base, or paint related material including paint thinning, drying, removing, or reducing compound UN 1264: 3: Paraldehyde: UN 1265: 3: Pentanes: UN 1266: 3: Perfumery products with flammable solvents UN 1267: 3 ...

5. Flash point - Wikipedia

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   The flash point is a descriptive characteristic that is used to distinguish between flammable fuels, such as petrol (also known as gasoline ), and combustible fuels, such as diesel . It is also used to characterize the fire hazards of fuels. Fuels which have a flash point less than 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) are called flammable, whereas fuels having ...

6. Paint thinner - Wikipedia

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   A paint thinner is a solvent used to thin oil-based paints. Solvents labeled "paint thinner" are usually mineral spirits having a flash point at about 40 °C (104 °F), [1] the same as some popular brands of charcoal starter. [2] Common solvents historically used as paint thinners include: [3] Mineral spirits (North America) / White spirit ...

7. Creosote - Wikipedia

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   Wood-tar creosote is a colourless to yellowish greasy liquid with a smoky odor, produces a sooty flame when burned, and has a burned taste. It is non-buoyant in water, with a specific gravity of 1.037 to 1.087, retains fluidity at a very low temperature, and boils at 205-225 °C. In its purest form, it is transparent.