Determination of Acetone An Ultraviolet Spectrophotometric Method

Abstract

A method is described for the determination of acetone in mixtures with diisopropyl ether, isopropyl alcohol, and low-molecular weight mono-olefins. Essentially the procedure involves suitable dilution of the sample with 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, followed by measurement of the optical density of the diluted material at 280 millimicrons.

Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrophotometry

“…This does not begin to exhaust the possibilities of ultraviolet spectrophotometric methods of analysis. Acetone at low concentrations has been accurately determined (5). The analysis of mixtures of phenol and the isomeric cresols has been described (26).…”