Mumbai Chemical industry Based in Mumbai India. Mumbai chemical are a Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) Manufacturer, Exporter, Distributor , Supplier in Mumbai India . We are supplied into various industrial markets including Household , Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care and Industrial sectors including Oil Field, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry ,Metal Working chemical industry and Coatings market.
Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) is colorless liquid, a ketone, is used as a solvent for gums, resins, paints, varnishes, lacquers, and nitrocellulose. MIBK is used as a solvent for nitrocellulose, lacquers, and certain polymers and resins.
Unlike the other common ketone solvents, acetone and MEK, MIBK has quite low solubility in water, making it useful for liquid-liquid extraction. It has a similar polarity to ethyl acetate, but greater stability towards aqueous acid and base. It can be used to extract gold, silver and other precious metals from cyanide solutions, such as those found at gold mines, to determine the levels of those dissolved metals. Diisobutyl ketone (DIBK), a related lipophilic ketone, is also used for this purpose. Methyl isobutyl ketone is also used as a denaturing agent for denatured alcohol.