Rob Oades Receives 2019 SIA Safety Award
Dr. Rob Oades, Global Product Steward with Shell Chemicals and Chair of the SIA Technical Committee was awarded the coveted Gerald Soane Award for his contribution to Health and Safety[…]
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Solvents Industry Association Annual General Meeting 2019
The Solvents Industry Association staged their 33rd and biggest ever Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17th October. Incorporating a drop-in health and safety exhibition for the first time, with stands provided by[…]
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Hoover Ferguson Joins the SIA
The Solvents Industry Association is delighted to announce the Aberdeen-based stainless steel IBC supplier, Hoover Ferguson as its latest Associate Member. Hoover Ferguson is a global company with specialised products,[…]
Elmac Technologies Joins the SIA
The Solvents Industry Association is delighted to welcome Holywell-based company, Elmac Technologies as the latest addition to their group of of Associate Members. Elmac Technologies is a leading UK manufacturer[…]
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Common Uses of Solvents
Solvent products are utilised in almost all manufacturing processes in a wide variety of applications. Many of the products we use that are vital to everyday modern living such as pharmaceuticals, personal[…]
Types of Solvent
Solvents can be classed as organic or inorganic materials. Water, the simplest and most abundant solvent on earth is classed as an inorganic solvent as its chemical structure does not contain[…]
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Solvents and You
Solvents are chemical products which have the ability to dissolve, suspend or extract other substances without changing their physical properties. Solvents can be organic (contain carbon) or inorganic (do not contain carbon). As[…]
Hydrocarbon Solvents
As the name suggests, hydrocarbon solvents contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms within their structure.There are hundreds of different types of hydrocarbons and are extracted from crude oil in the[…]
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Oxygenated Solvents
Oxygenated solvents are solvents whose chemical structure contains carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms. The four main groups of oxygenated solvents are:AlcoholsKetonesEstersGlycol ethers Oxygenated solvents used industrially tend to[…]
Hydrocarbon Solvents – Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Aromatic hydrocarbons have the most solvency power of all solvents, with a chemical structure based upon the aromatic 6-membered benzene ring.Toluene and xylene are the most commonly used aromatics and[…]
