Diethylene glycol ndi madzi omveka bwino opanda mtundu, opanda fungo komanso okhazikika. Komanso ndi viscous pang'ono, noncorrosive ndi nonvolatile. Chifukwa cha gulu lake la ether ndi mowa, diethylene glycol imawonetsa mankhwala omwe ali ndi ma alcohols oyambirira ndi ethers. Kuwira kwake ndikokwera kwambiri kuposa ethylene glycol, ndipo zosungunulira zake ndi zazikulu. Diethylene glycol imasakanikirana ndi madzi, ethers, aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes ndi ketones ndipo imasungunuka pang'ono mu benzene, carbon tetrachloride, monobenzene, orthodichloronebenzene ndi toluene. Amasungunula utoto wambiri, utomoni, mafuta, nitrocellulose ndi zinthu zambiri zachilengedwe. Chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zosungunulira, kutsika kwamphamvu komanso hygroscopicity, amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mafuta opangira nsalu, mafuta odulira, sopo wotsukira, inki zosindikizira, inki zoyika nthunzi, ndi madontho amitengo ya matabwa. M'makampani opanga nsalu diethylene glycol amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chothandizira paubweya, rayon, ndi thonje. Monga chosungunulira cha utoto chimapanga wothandizira wofunikira pakupaka utoto ndi kusindikiza. Kuchuluka kwa hygroscopicity ya diethylene glycol kumapangitsa kuti ikhale yofewa yofewa ya fodya, mapepala, masiponji opangira, zomatira ndi casein. Diethylene glycol ndiwothandiza makamaka pakutha kwa gasi. Kusakaniza kwa diethylene glycol ndi monoethanolamine kudzachotsa chinyezi, hydrogen sulfide ndi carbon dioxide ku gasi wachilengedwe.