Acetone
Acetone is the simplest and smallest ketone. Acetone is a colorless, highly volatile and flammable liquid with a characteristic pungent odor. It is miscible with water and serves as an important organic solvent in industry, home, and laboratory. It is a solvent that can dissolve or break down other materials, such as paint, varnish, or grease.
APPLICATION & USAGE
- Acetone is capable of dissolving many fats and resins as well as cellulose ethers, cellulose acetate, nitrocellulose, and other cellulose esters. Because of this quality, acetone is used extensively in the manufacture of artificial fibers (such as some rayons) and explosives.
- It is used as a chemical intermediate in pharmaceuticals and as a solvent for vinyl and acrylic resins, lacquers, alkyd paints, inks, cosmetics (such as nail-polish remover), and varnishes.
- It is used in the preparation of paper coatings, adhesives, and heat-seal coatings and is also employed as a starting material in the synthesis of many compounds.
SIMILAR NAME
- Acetonum / Dimethyl ketone / Dimethyl carbonyl / Ketone propane / β-Ketopropane / Propanone / 2-Propanone / Pyroacetic spirit / Spirit of Saturn / 2-Propanone / Propan-2-one
PACKING
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