Name: Ethyl Silicate

Alias: Tetraethyl silicate

cas number: 78-10-4

Appearance: Tetraethyl silicate is a colorless or light yellow transparent liquid at room temperature, with a slight smell similar to ether.

Boiling point: (℃) 165.5

Melting point: (℃) -77

Flash point: ℃ (closed) 46

Fire point: (℃) 260

Density: g/cm3 0.93

Solubility: It can be miscible with organic solvents such as ethanol and acetone, and can undergo a hydrolysis reaction with water to generate silicate sol, ethanol, and release heat.

The main purpose

1. Ethyl silicate is used to manufacture various alloy castings, especially for casting various complex shapes of molded parts and heat-resistant and high-hardness alloy castings that are difficult to machine. The castings have high surface quality, extremely precise dimensions and high surface finish, which can greatly save metal materials and processing costs.

2. It can manufacture refractory adhesives and permanent paints, which are widely used in bridges, roads, docks, electromechanical equipment, aerospace, ships, automobiles, tractors, machine tools, agricultural machinery, steam turbines, internal combustion engines, power generation equipment, household appliances, firefighting facilities, Telecommunications machinery, IT communications, instrumentation, cutting tools, weapons and ammunition manufacturing industries.

3. Used as a phenolic-nitrile adhesive to improve heat resistance. Used in combination with dibutyltin dilaurate as a crosslinking agent for silicone rubber.