Industrial and other end uses Turpentine

1 industrial , other end uses

1.1 solvent
1.2 source of organic compounds
1.3 medicinal elixir
1.4 niche uses

industrial , other end uses
solvent

the 2 primary uses of turpentine in industry solvent , source of materials organic synthesis. solvent, turpentine used thinning oil-based paints, producing varnishes, , raw material chemical industry. industrial use solvent in industrialized nations has largely been replaced cheaper turpentine substitutes distilled crude oil. turpentine has long been used solvent, mixed beeswax or carnauba wax, make fine furniture wax use protective coating on oiled wood finishes (e.g., tung oil).

source of organic compounds

turpentine used source of raw materials in synthesis of fragrant chemical compounds. commercially used camphor, linalool, alpha-terpineol, , geraniol produced alpha-pinene , beta-pinene, 2 of chief chemical components of turpentine. these pinenes separated , purified distillation. mixture of diterpenes , triterpenes left residue after turpentine distillation sold rosin.

medicinal elixir

turpentine , petroleum distillates such coal oil , kerosene have been used medicinally since ancient times, topical , internal home remedies. topically has been used abrasions , wounds, treatment lice, , when mixed animal fat has been used chest rub, or inhaler nasal , throat ailments. many modern chest rubs, such vicks variety, still contain turpentine in formulations.

turpentine common medicine among seamen during age of discovery. 1 of several products carried aboard ferdinand magellan s fleet in first circumnavigation of globe,. taken internally has been used treatment intestinal parasites, , candida because of antiseptic properties.

niche uses

turpentine added many cleaning , sanitary products due antiseptic properties , clean scent. in 19th-century america, turpentine burned in lamps cheap alternative whale oil. commonly used outdoor lighting, due strong odour. blend of ethanol , turpentine added illuminant called burning fluid important several decades. in 1946, soichiro honda fueled first honda motorcycles turpentine, due scarcity of gasoline in japan following world war ii.

turbentine added extensively gin during gin craze.