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.
Scientists have discovered five states of matter so far: solid, liquid, gas, plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates. The most common are solids, liquids, and gases. What's the difference between these different states of matter? It's all about the physical state of their atoms and molecules. For example, a water molecule (H2O) consists of two hydrogen (H) atoms and one oxygen (O) atom. Whether its physical state is a solid (ice), a liquid (water), or a gas (vapor), it's still water made up of H2O molecules. Solids have a particular size and shape. The atoms and molecules in a solid are packed together tightly and do not move much. Common examples of solids are an orange, a rock, or a coin.