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Acetone vs Acetylene - What's the difference?

acetone | acetylene |

As nouns the difference between acetone and acetylene

is that acetone is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent while acetylene is any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

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") ----

    acetylene

    English

    Noun

  • (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
  • (organic compound, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC?CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.

    • Synonyms

    * (IUPAC name) ethyne

    Derived terms

    * acetylene black * acetylene torch * polyacetylene

    Related terms

    * acetylide