DOW Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) : Product Description
DOW Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) : Product Description
DOW Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) : Product Description
Product DOW Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) is a basic chemical used in many applications serving as
Description emulsifiers, stabilizers, chemical intermediates and neutralizers that achieve basicity,
buffering and alkalinity objectives. Because DIPA is a good solubilizer of oil and fat, it is
frequently used to neutralize fatty acids and sulfonic acid-based surfactants.
M ajor applications include personal care and metalworking products. DIPA is also used in
coatings, pesticides, paint strippers, paper, photographic intermediates, plastics,
polyurethane additives, reaction intermediates, surfactants, textiles and urethanes.
Metalworking
• As tall oil amides for water-based metalworking fluids, offers some corrosion protection,
improved lubricity, foam suppression, and also reduces friction in buffing, cutting and
cleaning fluids
(1) Data represent ty pical phy sical properties only and should not be construed as product specifications.
(2) H2 O
(3) Supercools: freezing point results show v ariation
(4) L.T. Setaflash; no flashpoint observ ed up to the boiling point. See flashpoint of DIPA.
Product Dow encourages its customers and potential users to review their applications from the
Stewardship standpoint of human health and environmental aspects. To help ensure that Dow products
are not used in ways for which they are not intended or tested, Dow personnel will assist
customers in dealing with environmental and product safety considerations. Dow literature,
including M aterial Safety Data Sheets, should be consulted by customers and potential users
prior to use.
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