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Acetone
Acetone is a colorless, low boiling easy pouring liquid with characteristic odor, and is miscible in all proportions with water, alcohols, many hydrocarbons and other organic liquids. It has good solvent properties for vegetable and animal fats, cellulose ether, natural and synthetic resins and many other organic substances.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Product families
Applications
Industrial — Chemical & Industrial Manufacturing
- Chemical Manufacturing
Product Families
Base Chemicals & Intermediates — Solvents
- Aldehydes & Ketones
Other characteristics
- Features
- High Solvency
- Synonyms
2-Propanone, beta-Ketopropane, Dimethylketone, Ketone Propane, Methyl Ketone, Propan-2-one, Propane-2-one, Propanone
- Markets
- Industrial
- Soluble In
- Water
- Technology
- Base Chemicals & Intermediates
- Applicable Processes
- Chemicals Production
- Chemical Base
- High Solvency
- Base Chemicals Functions
- Solvent
- Certifications and Compliance
- REACH (Europe)
Technical data
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39 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purity | min. 99.5 | %m/m | GC |
| Water | 0.2 | %m/m | ASTM D1364 |
| Acidity (as Acetic Acid) | 0.001 | %m/m | ASTM D1613 |
| Density (at 20°C) | 0.791 | kg/l | ASTM D4052 |
| Specific Gravity (at 20°C/20°C) | 0.792 | — | ASTM D4052 |
| Specific Gravity (at 25°C/25°C) | 0.788 | — | ASTM D4052 |
| Coefficient of Cubic Expansion at 20°C | 14.0 | 10^-4/°C | Calculated |
| Refractive Index (at 20°C) | 1.359 | — | ASTM D1218 . |
| Color | max. 5 | Pt-Co | ASTM D1209 |
| Boiling Point | 56.0 | °C | — |
| Relative Evaporation Rate (nBuAc=1) | 5.6 | — | ASTM D3539 |
| Relative Evaporation Rate (Ether=1) | 2.0 | — | DIN 53170 |
