SOLV-DB brings together a
wealth of information on commercially available solvents. Use
SOLV-DB to find:
- Health
and Safety considerations involved in choosing and
using solvents.
- Chemical
and Physical data affecting the suitability of a
particular solvent for a wide range of potential
applications.
- Regulatory
responsibilities, including exposure and effluent limits,
hazard classification status with respect to several key
statutes, and selected reporting requirements.
- Environmental
Fate data, to indicate whether a solvent is likely to
break down or persist in air or water, and what types of
waste treatment techniques may apply to it.
SOLV-DB contains several additional
features for your convenience, including:
- To help you locate and
evaluate suppliers for solvents listed here:
- To help you identify a
solvent from incomplete information, or help you find
the solvent in other reference sources:
- A table of synonyms
To help you find a range of
alternative solvents for your application:
- Ability to search and sort --
example: find all compounds boiling between 50 and 90
degrees C
- Ability to exclude compounds from
searches based on health or regulatory criteria --
example: find all compounds not regulated under
RCRA, not carcinogenic, and not mutagenic
- Ability to select compounds
based on descriptive
strings -- example: find all solvents that smell like
"banana"
- Ability to locate all
solvents in the database falling into a given chemical category --
example: find all alcohols
To help you understand the
meaning of data or properties listed in the database:
- Capsule definitions of
terms, acronyms, and obscure concepts in the labels
defining tabulated items.
Other
Information On Using SOLV-DB
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How To Use SOLV-DB.
