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Pirrolidone solvent?

Where would I be able to buy the solvent - n-metil-2-pirrolidone - in order to try to remove a thin coating of Teflon from an aluminum part, and would it react in any way with the aluminum?

Dale Brookhouse
- Pinconning, Michigan, USA
2002

1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (n-methylpyrrolidinone), CAS Registry # 872-50-4, is available from major lab chemical suppliers: Fisher Scientific, Spectrum Chemicals, etc.. in glass bottles.

Ken Vlach [deceased]
- Goleta, California

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2002

Ken,

How effective 1-metil-2-pirrolidone solvent to remove Teflon coating? any equipment is required to apply?

Thanks,

Kong Kok Haw
- Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia
2003

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