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petroleum spirits
noun
Petroleum ether
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Relationship between Cl XP spectral intensity (an indicator for PY3 azo yellow pigment), soiling and paint brand after swabbing with water and petroleum spirits (PS).
This concurs with reports of increased pigment transfer on some paints during the use of cleaning treatments based on petroleum spirits [13],[15].
Solubility tests in 2012 showed that the seat coating dissolved in acetone and fragmented when exposed to ethanol, but did not react to petroleum spirits.
The Cl signals were virtually indistinguishable in all cases from the baseline except after swabbing an unsoiled Talens PY3 yellow paint film with petroleum spirits.
The spectrum of an unsoiled sample swabbed with petroleum spirits appears to be very similar to that of pure PY3 pigment.
The solubility of pure PY3 pigment in petroleum spirits is not high and is therefore unlikely to be a major contributing factor.
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The EPA requires pure petroleum spirit to be used in all petrol-engined vehicles being tested.
Petroleum spirit.
A 100% aliphatic petroleum spirit (PS) (VWR International) with a boiling point of 120 160°C°C was used as received.
Here we discuss those based on: deionised water, a low aromatic content petroleum spirit (Shellsol D40), and a mineral spirits continuous phase water-in-oil microemulsion system containing a sodium (Na) sulfonate (LAS) anionic surfactant, which has been described in detail elsewhere [4].
NEXAFS N K-edge spectra of Talens PY3 yellow paint film after wet swabbing with water (W) and petroleum spirit (PS) collected at very high (−200 V EGB) and high (−50 V EGB) surface sensitivities in comparison to PY3 azo yellow pigment.
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