Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by function]
6. solvent
7. [solvent by composition or origin]

Anotations

Scope note:

Any of a class of solvents which has an electronegative nitro group attached to a methane, ethane, or propane molecule. They are also known as nitroalkanes. Nitroparaffins are versatile compounds. They are used as solvent additives in coatings; as a solvent in separation processes; as chemical stabilizers and intermediates; as a component in fuels; to displace water from metal surfaces.