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14.26 Use <strong>of</strong> solvents in the shipbuilding 1039<br />

37 M. Melody, Boatmakers find solvent substitute cuts emission, costs, Hazmat World, February 1992,<br />

pp36-39.<br />

38 1991 UNEP <strong>Solvents</strong>, Coatings, and Adhesives Technical Options Report, UNEP, Paris, December1991,<br />

pp.58-69 and pp. 153-178.<br />

39 P. Milner in The Coating Agenda America 1955/1996, Campden Publishing Limited (in association with<br />

National Paint and Coating Association, U.S.A), London, U.K. pp. 125 and 127.<br />

40 F. Hussey in Advanced Coating Technology, Proc. 3rd, Ann. ESD Adv. Coating. Conf., Dearborn, MI, 9-11<br />

November 1993, ESD, The Engineering Society, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 250 -261.<br />

41 L. Clark, S. Kaldon, E. Reid, and D. Ellicks, Putting Solvent Back in Paint Legally, Metal Finishing, 1998,<br />

pp 24-28.<br />

42 C. Mouche, Army Tests Enviro-Friendly <strong>Solvents</strong> Alternative, Pollution Engineering, September, 1999,<br />

p. 35.<br />

14.27 STONE, CLAY, GLASS, AND CONCRETE<br />

<strong>George</strong> <strong>Wypych</strong><br />

ChemTec Laboratories, Inc., Toronto, Canada<br />

This is a very diverse industry segment which manufactures glass, glassware, cement,<br />

concrete, clay products pottery, gypsum, and plaster products. In the USA the industry<br />

employs about 500,000 people and operates over 16,000 facilities. There is a broad range <strong>of</strong><br />

Table 14.27.1. Reported solvent releases from the stone, clay, glass, and concrete<br />

industry in 1995 [Data from Ref. 2]<br />

Solvent Amount. kg/year Solvent Amount. kg/year<br />

benzene 4,000 ethylene glycol 42,000<br />

n-butyl alcohol 74,000 hexane 12,000<br />

sec-butyl alcohol 1,700 isopropyl alcohol 300<br />

tert-butyl alcohol 4,000 methanol 560,000<br />

carbon disulfide 5 methyl ethyl ketone 700,000<br />

carbon tetrachloride 14 methyl isobutyl ketone 25,000<br />

chlorobenzene 14 tetrachloroethylene 44,000<br />

chlor<strong>of</strong>orm 14,000 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 46,000<br />

cresol 610 1,1,1-trichloroethane 330,000<br />

cyclohexane 77,000 trichloroethylene 110,000<br />

1,4-dichlorobenzene 14,000 toluene 890,000<br />

1,2-dichloroethane 17 xylene 500,000<br />

dichloromethane 120,000 m-xylene 450<br />

1,4-dioxane 230 o-xylene 540<br />

ethylbenzene 60,000 p-xylene 110

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