kenya chemical is one of the leading Acetone or propanone manufacturers and suppliers in kenya. We are supplied into various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.
Acetone, or propanone, is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2CO. It is the simplest and smallest ketone. It is a colorless, highly volatile, and flammable liquid with a characteristic pungent odour. It is a common building block in organic chemistry. Familiar household uses of acetone are as the active ingredient in nail polish remover and as paint thinner.
Uses
Industrial
About a third of the world’s acetone is used as a solvent, and a quarter is consumed as acetone cyanohydrin, a precursor to methyl methacrylate.
Solvent
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.
Cleaning
Low-grade acetone is also commonly used in academic laboratory settings as a glassware rinsing agent for removing residue and solids before a final wash. Acetone leaves a small amount of residue on a surface when dried that is harmful to surface samples.
Domestic and other niche uses
Acetone is often the primary component in cleaning agents such as nail polish and superglue removers. It will attack some plastics, however.
Make-up artists use acetone to remove skin adhesive from the netting of wigs and mustaches by immersing the item in an acetone bath, then removing the softened glue residue with a stiff brush.
Acetone is often used for vapor polishing of printing artifacts on 3D-printed models printed with ABS plastic. The technique, called acetone vapor bath smoothing, involves placing the printed part in a sealed chamber containing a small amount of acetone, and heating to around 80 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. This creates vapor of acetone in the container. The acetone condenses evenly all over the part, causing the surface to soften and liquefy. Surface tension then smooths the semi-liquid plastic. When the part is removed from the chamber, the acetone component evaporates leaving a glassy-smooth part free of striation, patterning, and visible layer edges, common features in untreated 3D printed parts.
C3H6O Uses (Acetone)
It is used as a solvent for synthetic fibers and plastics.
It is used as a precursor for methyl methacrylate.
It is used to prepare metal before painting.
It is used in pharmaceutical industries in some drugs.
It is volatile and hence used in the laboratory to rinse lab glassware.
It is used as a drying agent.
It is used in the defatting process.
It is used in cosmetics such as nail polish remover.
It is used in the treatment of acne.
Acetone, or propanone Grade
Technical Grade
Specialty Grade
Acetone, or propanone Type
Solvents
Bisphenol-A
Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
Others
Acetone, or propanone application
Cosmetics
Electronics
Automotive
Construction
Agriculture
Paints & Coatings
Pharmaceuticals
Plastics& RubberIndustry
Explosive Industry
Others
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