Is acetone an azeotrop or not? or acetone water mixture an azeotrop? if yes what

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Is acetone an azeotrop or not? or acetone water mixture an azeotrop? if yes what is the theoretical value--provide the link if you should find the theoreticsl value please. This Q. arises from organic chemistry lab simple & fractional distillation of acetone & water. Is acetone an azeotrop or not? or acetone water mixture an azeotrop? if yes what is the theoretical value--provide the link if you should find the theoreticsl value please. This Q. arises from organic chemistry lab simple & fractional distillation of acetone & water. or acetone water mixture an azeotrop? if yes what is the theoretical value--provide the link if you should find the theoreticsl value please. This Q. arises from organic chemistry lab simple & fractional distillation of acetone & water.

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acetone is a solvent, a single solvent always non-azeotrope

acetone-water mixture is also not an azeotrope.

see

http://www.solvent--recycling.com/azeotrope_1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope_tables

‡ CRC 44th ed. lists azeotropes for acetic acid/water and acetone/water, Lange's 10th ed. as well as numerous web sources indicate no azeotrope for these pairs.

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