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  2. Polyvinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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    The stiff homopolymer PVAc, but mostly the softer copolymer, a combination of vinyl acetate and ethylene, vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE), is also used in paper coatings, paint and other industrial coatings, as a binder in nonwovens in glass fibers, sanitary napkins, filter paper and in textile finishing.

  3. Petroleum product - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. [1] Most petroleum is converted into petroleum products, which include several classes of fuels. [2]

  4. 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.

  5. Petroleum - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum [a] is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons, [1] and is found in geological formations. The term petroleum refers both to naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil, as well as to petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil.

  6. Turpentine - Wikipedia

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    Turpentine and petroleum distillates such as coal oil and kerosene, were used in folk medicine for abrasions and wounds, as a treatment for lice, and when mixed with animal fat, as a chest rub or inhaler for nasal and throat ailments. [17] [18] Vicks chest rubs still contain turpentine in their formulations, although not as an active ingredient ...

  7. Petroleum resin - Wikipedia

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    It has a tackifying effect and is suitable for use in paint, printing ink, adhesives, rubber and other areas where tackiness is required. [ 1 ] Generally, the petroleum resins are not used independently, but have to be used together with other types of resins as promoters, adjusting agents and modifiers in hot-melt adhesive , pressure-sensitive ...

  8. Oil print process - Wikipedia

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    The bromoil process is a variation on the oil print process that allows for enlargements. [2] In 1907, E. J. Wall described how it should theoretically be possible to place a negative in an enlarger to produce a larger silver bromide positive, which would then be bleached, hardened, and inked following the oil print process. [1]

  9. Paint thinner - Wikipedia

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    A paint thinner is a solvent used to dilute oil-based paints [1] [2] or varnish. In this context, to dilute is also known as to 'thin'. Paint thinners are diluents. Solvents labeled "paint thinner" are usually white or mineral spirits. After the paint has lost some of the solvent while in storage, paint can become too thick and dried-out for use.