Digital BW, The Print

Apart from inkjet chemistry, what is the primary industrial use of ethylene glycol or propylene glycol? Foolishly, I didn't take chemistry in college.

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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce" <brrphotog@...> wrote:
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> alkyldiol is a general name for compounds such as ethylene glycol, 
> propylene glycol and many other compounds of similar structure.
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> From: "john dean" <deanwork2003@...>
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:21 PM
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
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> > Thanks Paul,
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> > I can see you've really looked into all this. It's pretty thought 
> > provoking.
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> > From that Gray Vivera data sheet they even have the proportions, which is 
> > interesting that they would provide that.
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> > Never heard of 2-prrolidone. and  Triethanolamine. Looks like they might 
> > be the colorants that neutralize the carbon black. And there is a chemical 
> > called Alkyldiol, that they describe as Proprietary. That sounds 
> > mysterious.
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