Acetone is a colorless, flammable, and volatile liquid with a characteristic odor that can be detected at very low concentrations. It is used in consumer goods such as nail polish remover, model airplane glue, lacquers, and paints. Industrially, it is...

Acetone (C3H60) is a colorless liquid that is used as a solvent in products, such as in nail polish and paint, and in the manufacture of other chemicals such as plastics and fibers. It is a naturally occurring compound that is found in plants and is...

Acetone (CH3COCH3) is a colourless ketone with a distinctive odour, which is used as a solvent. Acetone is also known as propanone. It is found normally in small quantities in the blood and the urine. Levels become elevated during periods of...

The simplest ketone. A solvent for gunpowder. A highly flammable, water-soluble...

Acetone (also known as propanone, dimethyl ketone, 2-propanone, propan-2-one and β-ketopropane) is a colorless, mobile, flammable liquid. It is the simplest example of the ketones. Acetone is miscible with water, ethanol, ether, etc., and itself...

Nine Muslim men accused of Australia's largest terrorist conspiracy downloaded bomb-making instructions off the Internet and stockpiled chemicals to make lethal explosives because they believed Islam was under attack, according to a state prosecutor.The nine were devotees of a radical Muslim cleric sympathetic to Osama...

Nine man accused of Australia's largest terrorist conspiracy downloaded bomb-making instructions off the Internet and stockpiled chemicals to make lethal explosives because they believed Islam was under attack, a state prosecutor said Tuesday.The nine were devotees of a radical Muslim cleric sympathetic to Osama bin...

The average chicken farmer does not have enough chemicals to make his farm a terrorist target, but many fertilizer wholesalers and paper mills do — and they'll have to tell the government about it as part of new anti-terrorism measures.On Friday, the Homeland Security Department...

Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation.During a several-month, nationwide investigation, a reporter with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was able to penetrate 48 hazardous chemical plants...