CRESOT COAL TAR

ALTERNATIVE  NAMES

• Creosote Coal Tar other names

  Cresot oil, liquid pitch oil, Tar oil

CHARACTERISTIS

• Its color is dark yellow or dark greenish brown
• It is an oil like aqueous crystal compound
• It smells like naphthenic and it contains naphthalene and anthracene in it.
• The distillation range is 200 to 400 ^OC while the flash point is 165 degreeF

SOLUBILITY

• It is soluble in alcohol and toluene
• Insoluble in water

 AUTO IGNITION TEMPERATURE

335 ^OC

DENSITY

• 1.06 to 1.10

SOURCE

• Obtained by the fractional distillation of coal tar

PURIFICATION

• Done by rectification

GRADES

• Technical, crude, and refined Grades are available

PRECAUTION

• Its smoke and vapors are highly poisonous
• It causes irritation on skin and in eyes

Creosote Coal Tar uses

• It is uses to prevent wood from termite
• It is also used in disinfectant compounds, phenyl industry and anti-fungal chemicals.