Methyl Ethyl Ketone 99.7% ACS

What is Methyl Ethyl Ketone? It is an organic compound with the chemical formula C4H8O. This colourless liquid ketone has a sharp, sweet odour reminiscent of butterscotch and acetone. It is produced industrially on a large scale, but occurs in nature only in trace amounts. It is partially soluble in water, and is commonly used as an industrial solvent. Also known as Butanone, it is an isomer of another solvent, tetrahydrofuran. 

Consistent Quality: We provide only high-quality Methyl Ethyl Ketone 99.7%, meeting the standards of ACS, ensuring reliable and consistent performance for all applications.

Shipped from Manchester, UK Facility: Sourced and bottled using non-toxic, chemical-resistant containers, ensuring reliable quality for our customers.

Frequent Uses

Industrial solvent
Commonly used in the production of plastics, textiles, and paraffin wax.

Denaturant
Sometimes utilised as a denaturing agent for alcohol and glues.

Cleaning
It is a prime component of priming fluid used to clean PVC materials. It has similar solvent properties to acetone but boils at a higher temperature and has a significantly slower evaporation rate.

Household products
Found in common household products such as varnishes, lacquers, and paint removers.

• Use in the manufacture of plastics, textiles
• Production of paraffin wax
• Found in household products such as lacquer, varnishes, paint remover,
• A denaturing agent for denatured alcohol, glues,
• As a cleaning agent
• As butanone dissolves polystyrene, it is sold as "polystyrene cement" for use in connecting together parts of scale model kits. 

Assay: >99.7%
M.F.: C2H5COCH3     
M.W.: 72.11
Vapour Pressure: 71 mmHg (20 deg C) 
M.P.: -87 deg C
B.P.: 80 deg C
R.I.: 1.3785

Cas Number: 78-93-3

Einecs Number: 201-159-0

HS Code / Commodity Code: 2914120000

UN Number: 1193