Classification and action mechanism of solvent-based coatings

commercial solvent-based coatings contain pigments, polymers and solvent-soluble additives. the coating industry is the largest user of solvents, more than half of which are hydrocarbons. the rest are ketones, alcohols, glycols, ethers, esters, nitro linear alkanes and a small amount of other substances. solvents are beneficial to film formation. when the solvent evaporates, the polymers…