1. Product Profiles Kerala Investment Potential
Products based upon Normal Butanol from Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project (PDPP) of BPCL Kochi Refinery (BPCL KR)
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation
Sep 2017
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2. Normal Butanol (normal Butyl alcohol) is a clear, mobile, neutral alcohol with a characteristic odour which is miscible with all common solvents and used primarily for making industrial solvents, phenolic resins and acid-curable lacquers 
IUPAC Nomenclature: 1 Butanol
Chemical Formula: C4H10O
Potential Products : Used as industrial intermediate .Used for Solvents in coating industry and alkyd resin paints, raw material for acrylic paints,nail polishes,automotive paints,perfumes etc
Miscible with alcohol, ether, and many other organic solvents
highly refractive, flammable, colorless liquid
PROPERTIES
Reduces viscosity and increases brushability
Odourless liquid

3. Origin
Parameter
Description
Plant
Oxo Alcohol Unit, Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDPP) of BPCL- KR
Raw Material
Propylene and Synthesis gas
Quantity
38 KTPA
Process description
Produced by low pressure hydroformylation of olefin with synthesis gas followed by hydrogenation of intermediate aldehyde in presence of rhodium catalyst

4. Technical Information
Parameter
Description
Supplied
Drums 200 litre capacity, Tank Trucks, Iso Containers
Physical Form
Colourless, mobile solvent of medium volatility
miscible with all common solvents, e. g. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes,ethers, glycols and aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons
Density at 20 °C
0.809 – g/cm3
Boiling range
116 –118 °C

5. Other Uses - Solvent for dyes, e. g. in printing inks.
- Extractant in the production of drugs and natural substances such as antibiotics, hormones, vitamines, alkaloids and camphor.
- Additive in polishes and cleaners, e. g. floor cleaners and stain removers.
- Solubilizer in the textile industry, e. g. additive in spinning baths or carrier for colouring plastics.
- Additive in de-icing fluids.
- Additive in gasoline for spark-ignition engines (prevents carburetter icing).
- Mobile phase in paper and thin-layer chromatography.
- Humectant for cellulose nitrate.
- Feedstock for the production of glycol ethers (in reaction with ethylene or propylene oxide).
- Starting material for various butyl monocarboxylates, e. g. butyl acetate and butyl butyrate, which are widely used as solvents.