Acetone is a colorless and highly flammable manufactured liquid. It has a distinctive fruity or mint-like odor and a pungent taste. It is also found naturally in plants, trees, volcanic gases, and forest fires, and as a by-product of the breakdown of body fat.t is found in vehicle exhaust, tobacco smoke, and landfill sites. The chemical formula for acetone is C3H6O. Acetone is used as a solvent to dissolve other substances, such as paints, varnishes, lacquers, fats, oils, waxes, resins, printing inks, plastics, and glues.
The basic unit of matter is called? The most basic unit of chemical matter is the atom. Everything that  is liquid, solid or gas is made up of atoms. Atoms are very very  small, it single strand of human hair â¦is approximately one million  atoms wide. Kylie Reid.
The metre, kilogram, second and ampere are called fundamental units or base units. From these units we can derive some more units that are called derived units. These units are built up step by step from the base units and usually given a distinct name.