acetone - use in sentences

Preposition: from

  • chestnut: After initial production difficulties the King's Lynn factory began production of acetone from horse chestnuts in April 1918.

Converse of object

  • use: All sections cleaned using acetone on a cotton swab.
  • produce: Work was hampered by the basic fact that the horse chestnuts were poor quality material from which to produce acetone.
  • dilute: Do not use any dilutes, acetone, alcohol or similar products.
  • remove: Wash slide thoroughly with water to remove the acetone - do not delay with this step.

Adjective modifier

  • solvent: Flammable liquids such as fuel, thinner, solvent, acetone.

Modifies a noun

  • remover: Clear any oil off the nails with a cotton bud and none acetone remover.
  • peroxide: These bleaching agents are normally organic peroxides like acetone peroxide or benzoyl peroxide, nitrogen dioxide, or chlorine.

Noun used with modifier

  • %: The safest method was to roll with 65 % acetone to gel the coating and to rinse the gel away with white spirit only.

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