TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Solvents A1 - Harrison, Robert J. A1 - Balogun, Rahmat A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e AB - A solvent is any substance—usually a liquid at room temperature—that dissolves another substance, resulting in a solution (uniformly dispersed mixture). Solvents may be classified as aqueous (water based) or organic (hydrocarbon based). Most industrial solvents are organic chemicals because most of the industrial substances they are used to dissolve are organic. Solvents are used commonly for cleaning, degreasing, thinning, and extraction. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180880224 ER -