CycloRook
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Lab vs hardware store acetone.
I remember buying reagent acetone for lab and it smelling sweet and clean. I just bought some acetone from the hardware store and it definitely works
but the smell it's definitely different. It smells like it has a heavy petroleum added to it like hexane. Does anyone know why this might be.
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Deathunter88
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Where are you located? In the USA Kleanstrip, Sunnyside, Jasco and Crown all make excellent purity hardware store acetone. In other parts of the world
the industrial grade acetone may or may not contain a significant portion of hydrocarbons.
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Yeah, I even got a proton NMR of Crown acetone once and it was undeniably pure (and dry). I'm sure all the other brands that Deathunter mentioned
source their product from the same factories/same process.
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=10...
[Edited on 2-14-2022 by Texium]
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Here in Aus, acetone seems to be full of crap. But it distils quite well and I have not had any issue using the distillate. (Not that I have done
anything ambitious.) It does appear to be quite dry, which is something.
If in doubt, distil.
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Here in Canada, you can buy nail polish remover advertised as 100% acetone. Smells sort of "sweet" at small concentrations. No residue left behind
when burned. Distills just fine.
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The way acetone is industrially manufactured doesnt leave much room for contamination, any contaminant is likely to be added afterwards. If its really
cheap in a larger quantity (like cans and jugs), its probably right from the factory nozzle.
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CycloRook
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Kleen strip
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CycloRook
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Quote: Originally posted by Deathunter88  | | Where are you located? In the USA Kleanstrip, Sunnyside, Jasco and Crown all make excellent purity hardware store acetone. In other parts of the world
the industrial grade acetone may or may not contain a significant portion of hydrocarbons. |
according to
klean strip MSDS it does in fact contain 100% acetone.
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