Clear, colourless liquid with a strong, pungent, sour vinegar-like odour (13); lachrymator (vapour irritates the eyes and causes tears) (14,15,16).
Used chiefly as an acetylating and dehydrating agent. Used in the manufacture of acetate esters, poly(methylacrylimide) hard foam, plastic and drilling fluid auxiliaries, explosives, certain types of brake fluids, cold- bleaching activators, organic compounds, pharmaceuticals, flavours and fragrances, herbicides, synthetic fibres, and plastics. Used in the dying industry as a solvent and dehydrating agent, in the food industry, in the metallography, etching and polishing of metals, in semiconductor manufacture, and as a solvent in chemical analysis.(7,14,15 |
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