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Acetone vs Acetate - What's the difference?

acetone | acetate |

As nouns the difference between acetone and acetate

is that acetone is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent while acetate is any salt or ester of acetic acid.

acetone

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

    • Synonyms

    * propanone * propan-2-one * dimethyl ketone

    References

    * (wikipedia "acetone") ----

    acetate

    English

    (wikipedia acetate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
  • cellulose acetate
  • A transparent sheet used for overlays.
  • A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

    • Synonyms

    * (salt or ester of acetic acid) ethanoate