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Acetone   /ˈæsətˌoʊn/   Listen
Acetone

noun
1.
The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics.  Synonyms: dimethyl ketone, propanone.



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"Acetone" Quotes from Famous Books



... to do it. In that tank is a porous asbestos packing saturated with acetone, under pressure. Thus I can carry acetylene safely, for it is dissolved, and the possibility of explosion is minimized. This mixing chamber by which I am holding the torch, where the oxygen and acetylene ...
— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds


Words linked to "Acetone" :   acetonic, dissolver, resolvent, solvent, dissolvent, ketone, dissolving agent


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