Acetone

1. Physical and chemical properties: acetone (AC), also known as dimethyl ketone, is the simplest saturated ketone. It is a colorless transparent liquid with a special pungent smell. It is easily soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, ether, chloroform, pyridine and other organic solvents. It is flammable and volatile, and its chemical properties are relatively active.

2. The upstream products are mainly cumene (Cu), and the downstream products are used in explosive, plastic, rubber, fiber, tanning, grease, painting and other industries.

3. Downstream products are mainly plexiglass monomer, bisphenol A (BPA), diacetone alcohol, hexanediol (eg), methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), methyl isobutyl methanol, phorone, isophorone, chloroform, iodoform, etc.

Application fields: it is used as excellent solvent in coating, acetate fiber spinning process, acetylene storage in steel cylinder, dewaxing in oil refining industry, solvent in smokeless gunpowder, celluloid, acetate fiber, painting and other industries, and extractant in oil and other industries.