How to store Acetone?

When we talk about Acetone, one interesting fact about it is: if we pour acetone on top of small amount of water SLOWLY, we would see two layers forming, and the acetone layer is on top. That means two things:

1.Acetone does not mix with water.

2.Acetone is less dense than water.

So, this makes acetone used as organic solvent in industries, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, it makes great degreaser, cleaner, remover, thinning agent, etc and it helps to be used as a solvent to deliver accurate dosage in medication.

But according to NFPA, acetone is defined as class 1B flammable liquid, which means it is extremely flammable and dangerous. The flash point of acetone is -20 C (-4 F). Furthermore, when acetone forms vapors and mix with air, the mixture of 2.5-12.8% would be explosive when get touched with source of ignition. Static discharge may also ignite acetone vapors (for the hazard of static discharge, please refer to our historical article), the sensitivity to source of ignition makes acetone hard to store.

For indoor storage, no more than 60 gallons of acetone can be stored, and if you need to store more than 120 gallons of acetone, special safety building for flammable storage would be needed. And the fire rate of the building should be 2 hours/4 hours.

And when working with acetone, you need to wear PPE, in order to protect your eyes and skin away from touching acetone.

Firstly do not store large amount indoor, you need to use LDPE bottle with good sealing to put in your acetone, then put your bottles into delicate safety cabinet for flammable storage. Keep your warehouse well vented and free of ignition, no fire work around, no smoking. Do not mix the storage with oxidizing agents/alkalines. Do not let room temperature go up to more than 26℃.

And for large amount storage of acetone, it would be better to use our outdoor storage container, it would be comply with NFPA regulation and safe enough against fire and explosion.