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Acetone is a colourless, volatile liquid ketone made by oxidising isopropanol. It is commonly used as a synthetic reagent and an organic solvent for degreasing and cleaning.

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Acetone

Silmid P/N: VAR0001377
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Acetone is a colourless, volatile liquid ketone made by oxidising isopropanol. It is commonly used as a synthetic reagent and an organic solvent for degreasing and cleaning.

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Product Properties

Brand
Barrettine

Specifications

British Military
BS509
Airbus CML
11-A22
Airbus Helicopters CM
CM0203
Pratt and Whitney CML
11-012

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Product Information

Acetone is a good solvent for many plastics and some synthetic fibers. It is used for thinning polyester resin, cleaning tools used with it, and dissolving two-part epoxies and superglue before they harden.

It is used as one of the volatile components of some paints and varnishes. As a heavy-duty degreaser, it is useful in the preparation of metal prior to painting or soldering, and to remove rosin flux after soldering (to prevent adhesion of dirt and electrical leakage and perhaps corrosion or for cosmetic reasons), although it attacks many electronic components (for example polystyrene capacitors) so it is unsuitable for cleaning many circuit boards

Although itself flammable, acetone is used extensively as a solvent for the safe transportation and storage of acetylene, which cannot be safely pressurized as a pure compound. Vessels containing a porous material are first filled with acetone followed by acetylene, which dissolves into the acetone. One litre of acetone can dissolve around 250 litres of acetylene at a pressure of 10 bars (1.0 MPa).

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