Acetone

• Formula: C₃H₆O
• Molecular weight: 58.0791
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O/c1-3(2)4/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CSCPPACGZOOCGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 67-64-1
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• Isotopologues:
  • Acetone-D6
• Other names: 2-Propanone; β-Ketopropane; Dimethyl ketone; Dimethylformaldehyde; Methyl ketone; Propanone; Pyroacetic ether; (CH3)2CO; Dimethylketal; Ketone propane; Ketone, dimethyl-; Chevron acetone; Rcra waste number U002; UN 1090; Sasetone; Propan-2-one; NSC 135802
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Critical temperature

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

McElroy, Hashim, et al., 1983
McElroy, P.J.; Hashim, H.; Tatt, W.L., Excess Second Virial Coefficients and Critical Temperatures: Acetone + Methyl Acetate, AIChE J., 1983, 29, 1007-10. [all data]

Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Broderick, B.E.; Townsend, R., The Critical Temperatures and Pressures of Thirty Organic Compounds, J. Appl. Chem. Biotechnol., 1974, 24, 359. [all data]

Ambrose, Sprake, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Sprake, C.H.S.; Townsend, R., Thermodynamic Properties of Organic Oxygen Compounds XXXIII. The Vapor Pressure of Acetone, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1974, 6, 693. [all data]

Raetzsch and Strauch, 1972
Raetzsch, M.T.; Strauch, G., Gas-Liquid Critical Temperatures of Binary Mixtures, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1972, 249, 243-252. [all data]

Campbell and Musbally, 1970
Campbell, A.N.; Musbally, G.M., Vapor pressures and vapor = liquid equilibria in the system: (1) acetone - chloroform, (2) acetone-carbon tetrachloride, (3) benzene-carbon tetrachloride, Can. J. Chem., 1970, 48, 3173. [all data]

Ratzsh, 1970
Ratzsh, M.T., Z. Phys. Chem. Leipzig, 1970, 243, 212-9. [all data]

Campbell and Chatterjee, 1969
Campbell, A.N.; Chatterjee, R.M., The critical constants and orthobaric densities of acetone, chloroform benzene, and carbon tetrachloride, Can. J. Chem., 1969, 47, 3893-8. [all data]

Campbell and Chatterjee, 1968
Campbell, A.N.; Chatterjee, R.M., Orthobaric Data of Certain Pure Liquids in the Neighborhood of the Critical Point, Can. J. Chem., 1968, 46, 575-81. [all data]

Kay, 1964
Kay, W.B., P-T-x Diagrams in the Critical Region. Acetone-n-Alkane Systems, J. Phys. Chem., 1964, 68, 827-31. [all data]

Kobe, Crawford, et al., 1955
Kobe, K.A.; Crawford, H.R.; Stephenson, R.W., Critical Properties and Vapor Pressures of Some Ketones, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 47, 1767-72. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Kreglewski, 1954
Swietoslawski, W.; Kreglewski, A., Critical State of Negative Azeotropes II. System Acetone-Chloroform, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Cl. 3, 1954, 2, 187. [all data]

Rosenbaum, 1951
Rosenbaum, M., , M.S. Thesis, Univ. Tex., Austin, TX, 1951. [all data]

Fischer and Reichel, 1943
Fischer, R.; Reichel, T., Determination of the Critical Temperature BY Means of the Micro Melting-Point Apparatus, Mikrochem. Ver. Mikrochim. Acta, 1943, 31, 102. [all data]

Herz and Neukirch, 1923
Herz, W.; Neukirch, E., On Knowldge of the Critical State, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1923, 104, 433-50. [all data]

Kuenen and Robson, 1902
Kuenen, J.P.; Robson, W.G., The thermal properties of carbon dioxide and of ethane., Philos. Mag., 1902, 3, 622-30. [all data]

Galitzin, 1890
Galitzin, Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), 1890, 41, 588. [all data]

Bartoli and Stracciati, 1884
Bartoli, A.; Stracciati, E., Nuovo Cimento, 1884, 16, 99. [all data]

Sajots, 1879
Sajots, W., Vapor Pressures of Saturated Vapors at High Temperatures., Beibl. Ann. Phys., 1879, 3, 741-3. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tc	Critical temperature

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