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butanones

butanones is the plural of butanone.

Meaning of butanone

Noun

butanone (countable and uncountable, plural butanones)

  1. A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks.

Questions about butanones

What is butanones the plural of?
Butanones is the plural of butanone.

Words near butanones in the dictionary

  1. butanolide
  2. butanolides
  3. butanolids
  4. butanols
  5. butanone
  6. butanones
  7. butanoyl
  8. butanoylation
  9. butanoyls
  10. butanserin
  11. butantrone

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