Re: Yellow/green color of acetone and MEK

From: Bob (bbruner_at_uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: 11/20/04


Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:03:02 -0800

On 19 Nov 2004 11:52:03 -0800, "Wilco Oelen" <photo@woelen.nl> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have some acetone, stored in a transparent colorless glass bottle in
>a dark cabinet. The acetone has turned light yellow/green within
>approximately one year of storage. When I purchased the acetone it was
>completely colorless.
>Before I did the acetone in the bottle, it was cleaned very well with
>hot water, then rinsed with distilled water, allowed to (almost)
>completely dry and finally rinsed two times with a small amount of
>acetone.
>

>Any idea what the source of the color is?

How about the bottle lid?

bob



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