Applications in Various Industries:
- Industrial Use: Used as a solvent in paints, coatings, and printing inks due to its excellent solvency and slow evaporation rate.
Employed in the formulation of cleaners and degreasers. - Chemical Industry: Used as a coalescing agent in water-based coatings and as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- Consumer Products: Found in some household cleaners and industrial solvents.
Where is MOPA Found?
- Natural Sources: Not naturally occurring; it is a synthetic compound.
- Industrial Production: Produced by the esterification of methoxypropanol (propylene glycol methyl ether) with acetic acid.
- Consumer Products: Found in paints, coatings, and cleaning solutions.