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.
168 Unit 2: The Structure of Matter. Solids have a definite volume and shape. A piece of ice,a block of wood,and a ceramic cup are solids.They. have shapes that do not change and volumes that can be measured. Any matter that is a solid has a definite shape and a definite volume. The molecules in a solid are in fixed positions and are close together.Although the molecules can still vibrate,they cannot move from one part of the solid to another part.As a result,a solid does not easily change its shape or its volume.If you force the molecules apart, you can change the shape and the volume of a solid by breaking it