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68Definition of second group paint
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68 Definition of second group paint
A paint containing a substance mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table in the proportion specified in column 2 of the item is a second group paint.
- Second group paints
- Item Column 1 Substance Column 2 Proportion
- 1 DICHLOROMETHANE (methylene chloride) more than 5% by weight
- 2 ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOALKYL ETHERS and their acetates more than 10% by volume
- 3 HEXYLOXYETHANOL more than 10% by volume
- 4 TOLUENE more than 50% by volume
- 5 XYLENE more than 50% by volume