A liquid used in coatings to reduce the consistency and make a coating flow more easily The water in latex coatings is a diluent A diluent may also be called a "Reducer," "Thinner," "Reducing Agent" or "Reducing Solvent "
a usually inert (unreactive) liquid or solvent, used to dilute, carry, or increase the bulk of some other substance Petroleum oils and solvents are commonly used as dilutents in such products as paints, pesticides, and additives
Liquids which increase the capacity of a solvent for the binder Diluents cannot dissolve the binder themselves, but rather are used to control viscosity, flash time, or cost While true solvents can be added in unlimited amounts to lower paint viscosity, it may be more economical to lower viscosity with less-costly diluent solvents When added to a prepared paint, a diluent will lower the viscosity just as effectively as a true solvent However, if too much diluent is added, the resin will separate out of solution and the paint becomes unusable
a substance added to another to reduce the concentration and resulting in a homogeneous end product without chemically altering the compound of interest
With solvent extraction, an organic solvent is used to dilute the extractant to an optimum concentration and to improve the phase separation from the aqueous phase As it is important in the nuclear field to avoid damage from any radiation and the nitric acid, a saturated paraffinic hydrocarbon such as n-dodecane is used as the diluent