Mixed-Xylene

There are three types of Xylene M, O & P Mixed Xylene is a mixture of them. Mixed xylenes are used in the production of ethylbenzene, as solvents in products such as paints and coatings, and are blended into gasoline. A mixture of xylene isomers used as a solvent in making lacquers and rubber cement and as an aviation fuel. Commercial or mixed xylene usually contains about 40-65% m-xylene and up to 20% each of o-xylene and p-xylene and ethylbenzene. Mixed xylene is one of the important basic chemical raw materials. It mainly contains p-xylene, o-xylene, m-xylene and 4 ethylphenyl aromatics. Mixed xylene can be divided by aromatics it contains into solvent-grade varieties and isomerization-grade varieties. Isomerization-grade varieties are mainly used in the production of p-xylene and oxylene. Solvent-grade varieties can be used to produce solvents, aviation gasoline additives, pesticides, paints and printing inks.