Mek vs Mibk - What's the difference?
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(organic compound) methyl ethyl ketone
(surfing) The chemical methyl ethyl ketone peroxide which is used as a catalyst to harden the fibreglass resin in surfboard manufacture and repair. Strictly speaking the abbreviation would be MEKP, but the shorthand MEK is frequently found.
As an initialism MEK
is methyl ethyl ketone.As an abbreviation MIBK is
methyl isobutyl ketone.mek
English
Initialism
(Initialism) (head)- 2007': ''The amount of '''MEK (methyl ethyl keytone peroxide) has an influence on the strength of polyester resin. — Harbour Surfboards [http://www.harboursurfboards.com/design.html
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