ORGANIC COMMPOUNDS

USES
ACETICACID Acetic acid is used in the manufacture of acetic
anhydride, cellulose acetate, vinyl acetate monomer,
acetic esters, chloracetic acid, plastics, dyes,
insecticides, photographic chemicals, and rubber.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/environmental-health/public-health-toxicology/acetic-acid/
#:~:text=What%20is%20acetic%20acid%20used,%2C%20photographic%20chemicals%2C
%20and%20rubber.

ACETAMIDE It is used in lacquers, explosives, and soldering flux,

and as a stabilizer, plasticizer and solvent. determine
potentially hazardous exposures.
https://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/2890.pdf

ACETYLENE It is used in brazing, in the glass industry, manufacture

of synthetic rubber, soldering metals, food
perseverance, precipitating metals, and in the
manufacture of acrylonitrile.
https://byjus.com/chemistry/acetylene/

BUTANE It is typically used as fuel for cigarette lighters and

portable stoves, a propellant in aerosols, a heating
fuel, a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of a wide
range of products. Butane is also found in Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG).
https://vsu.mhc.wa.gov.au/about-vsu/types-of-volatile-substances/butane/#:~:text=It%20is
%20typically%20used%20as,Liquefied%20Petroleum%20Gas%20(LPG

FORMALIN It is used in the production of fertilizer, paper,

plywood, and some resins. It is also used as a food
preservative and in household products, such as
antiseptics, medicines, and cosmetics.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/formaldehyde/default.html#:~:text=It%20is%20used%20in
.
%20the,antiseptics%2C%20medicines%2C%20and%20cosmetics

ETHYL BROMIDE It is used as a refrigerant, fumigant, and solvent, and

in gasoline.
https://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0855.pdf
ssBENZOIC ACID Most widely used to produce a wide range of products
such as perfumes, dyes, topical drugs and insect
repellents. The salt of benzoic acid (sodium benzoate)
is widely used as a food pH adjuster and preservative,
stopping microbes from developing to keep food
healthy.
https://byjus.com/chemistry/uses-of-benzoic-acid/#:~:text=In%20industrial%20environments
%2C%20benzoic%20acid,developing%20to%20keep%20food%20healthy .

ETHYL ALCOHOL It is used as a topical agent to prevent skin infections,

in pharmaceutical preparations (e.g. rubbing
compounds, lotions, tonics, colognes), cosmetics, and
in perfumes.
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/npi/substances/fact-sheets/ethanol-ethyl-
alcohol#:~:text=Description,%2C%20cosmetics%2C%20and%20in%20perfumes.

ETHYL ACETATE Ethyl acetate is used as a solvent for varnishes,

lacquers, dry cleaning, stains, fats and nitrocellulose.
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/npi/substances/fact-sheets/ethyl-
acetate#:~:text=Ethyl%20acetate%20is%20used%20as,of%20photographic%20films%20and
%20plates.

Submitted by: Kinah Magdalhayne C. Repe

Submitted to: Mrs. Zannyper Saladaga