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.
Chapter-5, The Fundamental Unit of Life. Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. Cells are the smallest structures capable of basic life processes, such as taking in nutrients, expelling waste, and reproducing. A cell performs functions like respiration, obtaining nutrition, clearing of waste material, forming new proteins etc.