Chemical Name: Monoethylene glycol (MEG)
Trade Name: KEMEG
Introduction
Monoethylene glycol (MEG) is an odorless, colorless, clear and viscose liquid with a sweet taste, which is produced from the reaction between water and ethylene oxide. It is miscible with water, alcohols, and many organic compounds, and has the chemical formula of C2H6O2.
General Applications:
MEG has numerous applications for manufacture of various products including automotive antifreeze and coolants, resins, deicing fluids, heat transfer fluids, leather, paper, textile fibers, water-based adhesives, sturdy polyethylene terephthalate drink and food containers, latex paints and asphalt emulsions and electrolytic capacitors.
Product Name:
- Monoethylene glycol
- Mono-ethylene glycol
- Mono ethylene glycol
- KEMEG
- MEG
Technical Specifications
| Appearance | Colorless, transparent |
| Purity | 99.8 % wt. min. |
| Color [Pt-co ] | 5 max. |
| DEG | 0.08 % wt. max. |
| Water | 0.08 % wt. max. |
| Specific gravity (20/20 ◦C) | 1.1151-1.1156 |
| Boiling range at 0.1013 MPA | |
| 5% Vol. | Min 196 ◦C |
| 95% Vol. | Max 199 ◦C |
| Aldehydes [as formaldehyde] | 8 mg /kg max. |
| Acidity [as acetic acid] | 10 mg/kg max. |
| Iron [as Fe] | 0.1 mg/kg max. |
| Inorganic chloride [as CI] | 0.05 mg/kg max. |
| Ash | 50 mg/kg max. |
