What does BuAc stand for?

Laxmi is one of the 10 largest producers of ethyl acetate in the world, with a capacity of 30,000 metric tons of ethyl and butyl acetates a year, and 15,000 metric tons of acetic acid.

The crash released butyl acetate, a flammable liquid, from a burning tanker car, authorities said.

Butyl acetate is commonly used as a solvent or as a synthetic fruit flavoring.

Facilities at the complex would include initially an ethane/propane cracker to manufacture ethylene and propylene, and facilities for the production of oxo alcohols and oxo derivatives such as butyl acetate, butyl acrylate, glycol ethers and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; as well as ethylene oxide and its derivatives, including ethylene glycol, ethanolamines, ethoxylates and alkyl alkanolamines.

The specific End-use segments analyzed are Vinyl Acetata Monomer (VAM), Acetic Anhydride, Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Other Acetates, Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA), and Other Applications.

Canada and Mexico and $110/MT increase in South and Central America and Asia, Africa and Middle East for i/n butanol, i/n butyl acetate, n propanol and n propyl acetate.

Among the various esters, ethyl and butyl acetates are the most widely used and will offer the best growth, but numerous smaller volume esters will find opportunities in niche applications.

The three solvents chosen for the crazing experiments were butyl acetate (technical grade), acetone (HPLC grade), and n-propanol (certified grade), which were purchased from Fisher.