Lyondel Basel NMP

Technical Data
Cured Urethane
Cleanup
NMP Outperforms Methylene
Chloride & Formulated Products
If you are looking for a replacement for methylene chloride or expensive formulated products to
General
clean cured urethane residues from your tools or processing equipment, look no further than
NMP. There is, simply, no better and safer solvent for this difficult job.
This graph shows that NMP is 30% more effective than methylene chloride or commercial
formulated products for removing cured urethane foam from metal. The data shown is the
average foam removed using three rigid and one slab urethane foam cured on carbon steel for 24
hours. Soiled parts and tools are simply immersed in an NMP bath until the cured foam swells
and falls off the metal. No heating or agitation is necessary. Residual NMP can be rinsed off with
water.
NMP can be recycled by vacuum distillation, incinerated, or sent to reclamation. Lyondell

Chemical maintains a list of qualified NMP reclaimers.
Market Offerings The appropriate replacement solvent depends on the cure time of the foam, the type of foam, and
the customer’s specific price sensitivity.
• Cured foam (> 5 min)
If the customer is interested in a solvent that can be recycled and looks at total cleanup costs, we
recommend straight NMP. However, if the customer focuses on initial up front costs of the solvent,
a blend of NMP with other solvents (PMA, PC) will be cheaper but not recyclable. The charts below
and to the right compares the performance of these different solvent blends.
• Uncured foam (< 5 min)

Foam type has the greatest influence over solvent performance. The charts below show the
performance of our solvents.
% Urethane Foam Removed
NMP / GBL / THF
DMSO
Commercial A
NMP / GBL
NMP / PC
Commercial C
GBL
PC
0 20 40 60 80 100
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Flexible Urethane Foam
Foam immersed in solvent and tested
under high shear conditions
Recommend PMA
Clean-up Time (seconds)
Solvent PMDI TDI
Methylene Chloride 72 84
Glycol Ether PM 84 68
Glycol Ether PMA 40 31
NMP 180 34
Low Density Packaging Foam Foam

immersed in solvent and tested under
high shear conditions Recommend
PM
Solvent 1-min cure 3-min cure
Methylene Chloride 40 Softens
Glycol Ether PM 36 Softens
Glycol Ether PMA 44 Softens
Cured foam in mixing head After immersion in NMP
High-Density Spray Foam

Foam immersed in solvent and tested
under high shear conditions
Recommend PM or PMA
Solvent 1-min cure 4-min cure
Methylene Chloride 10 10
Glycol Ether PM 10 60
Glycol Ether DPM 10 120
Glycol Ether PMA 10 70
50/50 PM/DPM 10 120
50/50 PM/Propylene
50/50 PM/NMP 10 100

Carbonate 30 Ineffective
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the intended use and can be used safely and legally.
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This product(s) may not be used in:

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Users should review the applicable Safety Data Sheet before handling the product.
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NMP can be recycled by vacuum distillation, incinerated, or sent to reclamation. Lyondell

• Uncured foam (< 5 min)

% Urethane Foam Removed

NMP / GBL / THF

Low Density Packaging Foam Foam

Cured foam in mixing head After immersion in NMP

High-Density Spray Foam

50/50 PM/NMP 10 100

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