Product Overview
Acetone Technical Grade is a fast-evaporating, highly polar solvent used across manufacturing, maintenance and technical operations. It dissolves resins, oils, greases and a broad range of organic compounds on contact — the default degreasing and cleanup solvent in machine shops, coating lines and extraction processes. Also known as 2-propanone or dimethyl ketone, acetone is one of the most widely handled solvents in industrial distribution.
Alliance Chemical supplies technical grade acetone from Taylor, Texas, in pint bottles through 330-gallon totes. An SDS accompanies each order. A lot-specific Certificate of Analysis is available on request; check the assay, water and non-volatile residue results against your process specification.
Choosing Technical or ACS Grade
Choose technical grade for industrial solvent work when its documented specifications meet your process requirements. Grade is a specification category, not a guaranteed assay result. Request the lot-specific COA before approving material for a purity-sensitive process.
If your procedure explicitly requires ACS reagent specifications, review Acetone ACS Grade. ACS grade is not an automatic substitute for HPLC, semiconductor or other application-specific grades. Compare acetone grades and available sizes before ordering.
Chemical Profile
Acetone (CAS 67-64-1) is a colorless, volatile solvent that is fully miscible with water: it mixes with water rather than forming a separate floating layer. Consult the product SDS for physical properties and handling requirements.
Industrial Applications
Technical grade acetone serves industrial solvent applications where the supplied lot meets the required specifications. Evaporation rate, compatibility and acceptable residue depend on the process; confirm suitability before use.
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Solvent for coatings and adhesives.Acetone dissolves alkyd, acrylic, epoxy and polyester resins. Coating formulators use it to control viscosity during mixing and spray application. It flashes off quickly, shortening drying time on production lines.
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Parts cleaning and degreasing.Machine shops and fabrication floors use acetone to strip oils, greases and cutting fluids from metal surfaces before welding, painting, or plating. Verify the lot-specific non-volatile residue result against your surface-preparation requirements.
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Extraction medium.Acetone can serve as a process solvent where the method specifies it. Because acetone is miscible with water, do not assume it will form a separate phase for liquid-liquid extraction from water.
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Technical solvent.Research and QC labs use technical grade acetone for glassware rinsing, sample preparation and synthesis work where analytical-grade purity documentation is not required.
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General-purpose cleanup.Maintenance crews use acetone to remove adhesive residue, ink and uncured resin from equipment and tooling. Confirm residue requirements using the lot-specific COA and your process validation.
Handling & Storage
Acetone carries aDangersignal word (per the product's GHS classification). Know these hazard statements before you open a container:
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H225— Highly flammable liquid and vapour.
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H319— Causes serious eye irritation.
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H336— May cause drowsiness or dizziness.
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EUH066— Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking.
Store in compatible containers approved for the product, away from heat and ignition sources. Select gloves and other PPE using the current SDS, exposure assessment and manufacturer permeation data; do not assume disposable nitrile gloves are adequate for acetone contact. Follow the site-specific ventilation and respiratory-protection program.
Keep containers tightly sealed when not in use. Acetone's high vapor pressure means it evaporates fast from open vessels, creating a flammable vapor blanket that is heavier than air and can travel to distant ignition sources along floors and in sumps.
Hazmat & Shipping
Acetone is a DOT-regulated hazardous material. Every shipment from our warehouse is packaged, marked and labeled to full DOT compliance:
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UN Number:UN1090 (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Hazard Class:3 — Flammable Liquid (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Packing Group:II (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Proper Shipping Name:ACETONE (per 49 CFR 172.101)
All packaging UN performance standards for Packing Group II flammable liquids. Drums and totes ship palletized with proper placarding. Small-pack orders — pints through gallons — ship in DOT-compliant combination packaging with absorbent and cushioning material. Shipping guidance reviewed by Andre Taki, DOT Hazmat Specialist.
Documentation
A Safety Data Sheet ships with every order, available in English, Spanish, French and Japanese. A lot-specific Certificate of Analysis is available upon request, documenting the actual assay and impurity profile of the lot you receive. A Technical Data Sheet is also on file for reference.
Why Buy from Alliance Chemical
We are a hazmat distributor — not a marketplace and not a reseller. Acetone Technical Grade ships from our warehouse in Taylor, TX, packed by our crew in DOT-compliant packaging, every business day. We carry inventory from pint bottles through 330-gallon totes, so your order ships within 1-2 business days — not from a third-party fulfillment center weeks out.
Our shipping and handling guidance is reviewed by Andre Taki, DOT Hazmat Specialist. When you call with a question about packaging compatibility, freight classification, or SDS documentation, you reach someone who handles this product daily — not a call center reading from a script.
Related Reading
Acetone is a co-product of phenol: more than 95% comes out of the cumene process, about 0.6 tonnes per tonne of phenol, so acetone supply tracks phenol runs rather than acetone demand. Each tonne of bisphenol-A uses about 0.25 tonnes of acetone while the phenol behind it came with about 0.5, which is why the October 2026 Covestro plan to stop making BPA at Antwerp is also an acetone story. The Acetone Squeeze of 2026: Why a “Weak” Year Sent Prices to a Two-Year High.
