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Introduction to the AAT
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Preferred term for contributor
acetone (ketone, <oxygenated so
lvent>, ... Materials)
Note: A colorless, volatile, extrem
ely flammable liquid, miscible with
water; obtained as a byproduct of wood distillation or the fermentation of corn mash. Used as a solvent, cleaning fluid, fuel additive, and for dyeing co
tton, among other uses.
Terms:acetone
(preferred, C,U,D,American English-P)
(VP-Preferred)
dimethylketal (C,U,UF,American English) dimethyl ketone (C,U,UF,American English) ketone, dimethyl (C,U,UF,American English) methylacetal (C,U,UF,American English) propanone (C,U,UF,American English) 2-propanone (C,U,UF,American English) CH3COCH3 (C,U,UF,American English) acétone
(C,U,D,French-P)
(CHIN-Preferred)
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