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Physical Properties

Appearance and Properties: Colorless, transparent, easily flowing liquid with a slight odor; highly volatile.

Melting Point (°C): -94.9

Boiling Point (°C): 56.53

Relative Density (Water=1): 0.7899

Relative Vapor Density (Air=1): 2.00

Saturated Vapor Pressure (kPa): 53.32 (39.5°C)

Heat of Combustion (kJ/mol): 1788.7

Critical Temperature (°C): 235.5

Critical Pressure (MPa): 4.72

Logarithm of Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient: -0.24

Ignition Temperature (°C): 465

Lower Explosive Limit % (V/V): 2.5

Upper Explosive Limit % (V/V): 12.8

Solubility: Miscible with water; miscible with most organic solvents such as ethanol, ether, chloroform, oils, and hydrocarbons.

Industrial Uses

Acetone is an important raw material for organic synthesis, used in the production of epoxy resins, polycarbonates, plexiglass, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. It is also a good solvent used in coatings, adhesives, and acetylene cylinders. It is also used as a diluent, cleaning agent, and extractant. Furthermore, it is an important raw material for the manufacture of acetic anhydride, diacetone alcohol, chloroform, iodoform, epoxy resins, polyisoprene rubber, and methyl methacrylate. It is used as a solvent in the smokeless gunpowder, celluloid, cellulose acetate, and spray paint industries. It is used as an extractant in the oil and fat industries.

It is used to produce important organic chemical raw materials such as plexiglass monomers, bisphenol A, diacetone alcohol, hexanediol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl isobutyl methanol, phorone, isophorone, chloroform, and iodoform. It is an excellent solvent in coatings, cellulose acetate spinning processes, acetylene cylinder storage, and dewaxing in the oil refining industry.