White Spirit is a clear colorless solvent with very low water solubility and a characteristics odour (Odour threshold: 0.5 - 5 mq/m3 ). The most common variety of white spirit is a mixture of saturated aliphatic and alicyclic C7: C12 hydrocarbons with a content of 15 - 20%. (by weight) of aromatic C7: C12 hydrocarbons and a boiling range of approximately 140 , 230 C. The C9 â?? C11 hydrocarbon (aliphatics, alicyclics and aromatics) are the most abundant, consisting 80% (by weight) of the total.
