Polish removers

Acetone is widely used as a nail polish remover. A sample of liquid acetone is placed in a 3.00-L flask and vaporized by heating to 95°C at 1.02 atm. The vapor filling the flask at this temperature and pressure weighs 5.87 g. 

Acetone, C3HeO, is the main ingredient of nail polish remover. A solution is made up by adding 35.0 mL of acetone (d = 0.790 g/mL) to 50.0 mL of ethyl alcohol, C2H60 (d = 0.789 g/mL). Assuming volumes are additive, calculate... 

Isopropyl alcohol is the main ingredient in rubbing alcohol It can decompose into acetone (the main ingredient in nail polish remover) and hydrogen gas according to the following reaction ... 

Esters are important substances. The esters of the low molecular weight acids and alcohols have fragrant, fruit-like odors and are used in perfumes and artificial flavorings. Esters are useful solvents this is the reason they are commonly found in model airplane dope and fingernail polish remover. 

A.2 A chemist investigates the density, melting point, and flammability of acetone, a component of fingernail polish remover. Which of these properties are physical properties and which are chemical properties ... 

Nail polish remover Other anesthetics Ether... 

Possible danger to respiratory tract from fumes ammonia, acetone, nail polish remover, heated sulfur, moth balls Make sure there is good ventilation. Never smell fumes directly. Wear a mask. Leave foul area and notify your teacher immediately. 

Organic solvents inhaled by abusers include gasoline, glue, aerosols, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, typewriter correction fluid, lighter fluid, cleaning fluids, paint products, nail polish remover, waxes, and varnishes. Chemicals in these products include nitrous oxide, toluene, benzene, methanol, methylene chloride, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl butyl ketone, trichloroethylene, and trichloroethane. 

Propanone is the main component of most nail polish removers. It is used as a solvent, and in the manufacture of plastics. 

The ketones have an imbedded signature, a carbon atom with a double-bonded oxygen attached. Acetone (finger nail -polish remover) is the simplest and most common ketone. 

Uses. Nearly half the ethyl alcohol produced in petrochemical plants (not the stuff fermented for human consumption) is used as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of ethyl acrylate, ethyl amines, ethyl acetate (when you pop the cap on nail polish remover, you smell ethyl acetate), ethylene chloride, glycol ethers, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid. However, you will see in the chapters on acetaldehyde and acetic acid, there are now more competitive routes than those based on ethyl alcohol. 

Uses. Solvent for fats, oils, waxes, rubber, plastics in the production of lubricating oils in the dyeing and celluloid industries as a chemical intermediate paint and varnish remover major component of nail polish remover... 

Nail polish remover Rubbing alcohol Wood and concrete stains... 

Ethyl acetate Nail polish remover, marker pens 400... 

Acetone is widely used as an organic solvent, as a paint remover (nail polish remover is mostly acetone), and to dissolve synthetic resins. 

Materials white construction paper, alcohol, nail polish remover, felt tip pens and markers, food coloring, small dish, small juice glasses or jar, toothpicks... 

Pour enough nail polisher remover (the primary ingredient of nail polish remover is acetone) into ajar or small glass to cover the bottom. Only a small amount of acetone is needed. The depth of the acetone in the jar does not have to be more than 1 cm (V inch). Place the prepared construction paper in the acetone. The dots should be above the acetone. The acetone will move up the construction paper and the ink mixture will be separated. Compare several different colored inks and note the components present. Individual food colors or mixtures of food colors can be made and separated. To apply food colors, place a drop of food color on a dish or piece of paper, use a toothpick, and dab the color onto the paper. When finished, the acetone can be diluted with water and flushed down the sink. 

Ketones Lacquers, varnishes, polish removers, adhesives... 

Inhalants are found in many commercial products and are not listed as controlled substances. They can be solvents such as toluene, found in paint thinner, degreaser, nail polish remover, gasoline, and glue propellants such as butane and propane. 

Acetone 67-64-1 Solvent to clean and dry Nail polish remover, markers, airplane glue, solvent, fabric cement, cleaning fluids, paint varnish, lacquer Rammable moderately toxic skin and eye irritant narcotic... 

Amyl Acetate 628-63-7 Solvent or Flavoring agent Nail polish, polish remover, leather pohsh, shoe pohsh, perfume odorant, food Systemic effects mildly toxic skin and eye irritation flammable... 

In addition to its use as a chemical feedstock and intermediate, acetone is used extensively as an organic solvent in lacquers, varnishes, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Nail polish remover is one of the most common products containing acetone. Acetone is used to stabilize acetylene for transport (see Acetylene). 

Black felt-tip pen or black water-soluble marker piece of porous paper, such as paper towel, table napkin, or coffee filter solvent, such as water, acetone (fingernail polish remover), rubbing alcohol, or white vinegar... 

A ketone is a carbonyl-containing organic molecule in which the carbonyl carbon is bonded to two carbon atoms. A familiar example of a ketone is acetone, which is often used in fingernail polish remover and is shown in Figure 12.20a. In an aldehyde, the carbonyl carbon is bonded either to one carbon atom and one hydrogen atom, as in Figure 12.20b, or, in the special case of formaldehyde, to two hydrogen atoms. 

Acetone is a common laboratory solvent and the primary ingredient in many brands of nail polish remover. 

Use the bond dissociation energies in Table 7.1 to calculate an approximate heat of reaction, A H° (in kilojoules), for the industrial reaction of ethanol with acetic acid to yield ethyl acetate (used as nail-polish remover) and water. 

Ethyl acetate, CH3CO2CH2CH3, is commonly used as a solvent and nail-polish remover. Look at the follow-ing electrostatic potential map of ethyl acetate, and explain the observed polarity. 

PROBLEM 13.20 Ethyl acetate, a solvent used as fingernail-polish remover, is made by reaction of acetic acid with ethanol ... 

Benzyldiethyl[(2,6-xylylcarbamoyl)methyl]ammoniumbenzoate (denatonium benzoate [3734-33-6], Bitrex) is an extremely bitter tasting, nonirritating, and nonmutagenic compound that has been widely used in many household products such as deteigents, nail polish removers, and cleaning agents, to prevent childhood poisoning. It is also used as an alcohol denaturant. 

Inhalant is a term applied to an estimated 1,000 to 1,400 legal products used in households, industry, businesses, and medical settings. These products are as common as a felt-tip marker, a bottle of correction fluid or nail polish remover, a tank of gasoline, a tube of model airplane glue, air freshener or vegetable cooking spray, or a can of silver spray paint. 

A solvent is a substance that can dissolve another substance, and a volatile solvent is a liquid that vaporizes at room temperature. Volatile solvents include adhesives such as airplane glue and rubber cement aerosols such as spray paint, hair spray, and air freshener solvents such as nail polish remover, paint remover, and lighter fluid and cleaners such as dry cleaning fluid, spot remover, and degreasers. 

Solvents Polish remover contains acetone paint remover, paint thinner, and correction fluids contain toluene (an aromatic hydrocarbon), methylene chloride, and methanol fuel gas contains butane lighter fluid contains butane and isopropane fire extinguishers contain bromochlorodifluo-romethane. 

For example, water, which can form two hydrogen bonds per molecule, has a surface tension of 0.073 N/m at room temperature against air. Acetone (aka fingernail polish remover) is a polar molecule, and its dipolar interactions result... 

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