Information Regarding Methyl Acetate and Paint

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METHYL ACETATE
CASRN: 79-20-9

Major Uses :

Paint remover compounds, laquer solvent, intermediate, synthetic flavoring.
[Lewis, R.J., Sr (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 12th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Rheinhold Co., 1993754]**PEER REVIEWED**

Atmospheric Concentrations :

SOURCE DOMINATED: Methyl acetate was qualitatively detected in the air of the industrialized Kanawha Valley, WV, 1977(1). Methyl acetate was found in 4 air samples taken from 11 different auto paint shops in Spain at concns ranging from 12.1 to 80.0 mg/cu m(2). INDOOR AIR: Methyl acetate was emitted by a carpet with a PVC backing in an environmental chamber (0.8 ug/sq m-hr in a 24 hr period=specific emission rate)(3). RURAL/REMOTE: Methyl acetate was identified in forest air samples collected from the Eggegebirge in North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, at unreported concns(4).
[(1) Erickson MD, Pellizzari ED; Analysis of Organic Air Pollutants in the Kanawha Valley, WV and the Shenandoah Valley, VA. USEPA-903/9-78-007 (1978) (2) Medinilla J; Espigar Hyg 32: 509-13 (1988) (3) Hodgson AT et al; in Proc Annu Meet - Air Waste Manage Assoc, 85th (Vol 5), 92/79.15, 19 pp. (1992) (4) Helmig D et al; Chemosphere 19: 1399-1412 (1989)]**PEER REVIEWED**

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