Assertion: toluene | /r/ObjectUse | used as solvent
Facets:
value: for glues
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for paints
type: PURPOSE
value: for varnishes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in varnishes
type: LOCATION
value: in the rubber industry
type: LOCATION
value: in paints
type: LOCATION
value: in paint thinners
type: LOCATION
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: in cosmetics such as nail polish
type: LOCATION
value: in shellacs
type: LOCATION
value: in inks
type: LOCATION
value: in dyes
type: LOCATION
value: in the laboratory
type: LOCATION
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: predominantly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent.
text: In view of the fact that toluene is a widely used solvent, these results show that inhalation of low concentrations, even for short single exposures, must be taken into account, because gaze destabilization could cause vertigo symptoms.
text: As the solvent in some types of paint thinner, permanent markers, contact cement and certain types of glue, toluene is sometimes used as a recreational inhalant and has the potential of causing severe neurological harm.
text: In the laboratory, toluene is used as a solvent for carbon nanomaterials, including nanotubes and fullerenes, and it can also be used as a fullerene indicator.
text: Toluene is also used as a solvent.
text: It is used as a solvent and as a starting material for the synthesis of many compounds, including dyes and explosives.
text: Toluene is used as a solvent in paints, inks, dyes, paint thinners, varnishes and shellacs, and in cosmetics such as nail polish.
text: It is also used as a solvent in the production of plastics, paints, varnishes, and printing inks, as well as in the rubber industry.
text: For this reason it is used as solvent for glues, paints and varnishes.