PHENOL
Phenol can be manufactured by the few different methods. The high quality synthetic phenol is produced by the cumene process involving alkylation of benzene to cumene which is then oxidised to phenol and acetone.
Phenol is a crystalline, white or pale yellow solid with the characteristic smell. It is soluble in water, ethanol, ether, acetone, glycerine. It is poisonous, corrosive and flammable.
Quality specification:
Crystallisation temperature, °C, min: | 40,6 |
Colour (Pt-Co) scale, max: | 30 |
alfa-methylstyrene and cumene content %(m/m), max: | 0,015 |
Carbonyl compounds content, %(m/m), max: | 0,007 |
Mesityl oxide content, %(m/m), max: | 0,005 |
Water content, %(m/m), max: | 0,2 |
Water solubility determined as clouding or opalescence of the reference solution, mg Cl, max: | 0,2 |
The technical purity, cumene process manufactured phenol is industrially used for the production of different plastics and resins, for the synthesis of organic products, dyestuffs, and disinfection compositions. Phenol is particularly used for caprolactame and bisphenol A production. We supply phenol in the road or rail tank cars equipped with the heating coils, or in internally zinc plated steel containers or drums.
