Lexic.us

Definition of Acetone

1. Noun. The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics.

Definition of Acetone

1. n. A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Definition of Acetone

1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent. ¹

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Definition of Acetone

1. a flammable liquid [n -S] : ACETONIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Acetone

1. A colourless, flammable liquid which is used as a solvent (it is most familiar as the solvent in nail polish remover). The simplest ketone, it mixes with water, ethyl alcohol, and most oils. It melts at -95.4 deg C. And boils at 56.2 deg C. It is naturally found in very tiny quantities in the body fluids and tissues of healthy people and in somewhat larger amounts in people suffering from diabetes or starvation. (11 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Acetone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1897)
"J. Robineau* and G. Rollin's method for estimating acetone, as well as a ... Both methods consist essentially in mixing an aqueous acetone solution with a ..."

2. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"The sum of the two gives the total acetone in 20 cc urine. 245. Quantitative determination of acetone and acetoacetic acid and hydroxybutyric acid in the ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"THE ACTION OF SODIUM ON acetone. By RAYMOND Foss BACON and PAUL C. FREER. (From the Chemical Laboratory, Bureau of Science.) A number of years ago one of us ..."

4. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The process may be hastened by digesting with acetone at 100° C. in a ... If the acetone extract is fluorescent the presence of coal-tar pitch is indicated. ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(4) In the latter distillate, determine the acetone according to the method of Messinger-Huppert (conversion of the acetone in alkaline solution by ..."

6. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"The more the tolerance for carbohydrates is impaired, the more do acetone bodies appear in the urine, and so on. Many of the known facts are explainable ..."

7. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp (1916)
"Treatment with caustic lime and redistillation yields alcohol of 99 per cent, or higher, concentration; but this does not remove the acetone. ..."

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