Acetone 1L

Description

Removing excess solder mask Removing false nails and nail polish/varnish. Dissolving unhardened superglue and epoxy resin. Super glue remover. Thinning Fiberglass resins. Solder rosin removal when IPA needs a little help. Powerful Degreaser. Mixed 1:1 with automatic transmission fluid acetone is very effective at loosening rusted joints and bolts.

Also known as:

Propanone, Propan-2-one, Dimethyl Ketone, 2 propanone

Acetone’s CAS Number is 67-64-1

Acetone Properties

Acetone is miscible with water and serves as an important organic solvent in industry, home, and laboratory. About 6.7 million tonnes were produced worldwide in 2010, mainly for use as a solvent and for production of methyl methacrylate and bisphenol A, which are precursors to widely used plastics.  It is a common building block in organic chemistry. It serves as a solvent in household products such as nail polish remover and paint thinner. It has volatile organic compound (VOC)-exempt status in the United States.

Like most ketones, acetone is a tautomer of an enol, 2-propanol. When mixed with water, it can also form a geminal diol hydrate, 2,2-propanediol. These compounds are much less stable than acetone, with less than 0.1% of chemical species being in the enol or diol form in most solutions.