What are the harmful effects of acetone?

Answer 1

acetic acid (CH3COOH) in its dilute form may not be too harmful, but its concentrated form is highly corrosive and inflammable. Since it is a weak acid, it cannot cause much harm as other mineral acids.

Answer 2

it takes about 1.2 grams of acetone to be deadly to someone what weights 1 kilogram, so if you weigh 70 kilograms, it would take about 84 grams to kill you. Breathing it in causes no longterm effects.

Answer 3

Acetone, propanon, CH3COCH3

• Like many volatile solvents it is a CNS-depressant, and the (Lethal Dose) LD50 for inhalation (in mice) is 44 g/m3 over four hours.
• Irritating to eyes.
• Skin contact: There may be irritation and redness at the site of contact.
• Eye contact: There may be irritation and redness. The eyes may water profusely.
• Ingestion: There may be soreness and redness of the mouth and throat.
• Inhalation: There may be irritation of the throat with a feeling of tightness in the chest. Exposure may cause coughing or wheezing.
• Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking. Vapours may cause drowsiness and dizziness.

Answer 4

When an Acetone poisoning occurs when there's more acetone in your body than the liver can break down.

Acetone is a clear liquid that smells like nail polish remover. When exposed to the air, it quickly evaporates and remains highly flammable. Acetone is dangerous to use around an open flame. Hundreds of commonly used household products contain acetone, including furniture polish, rubbing alcohol, and nail polish.

Acetone poisoning is rare. The body is capable of breaking down large amounts of acetone naturally. For overexposure to occur, you must produce, inhale, or ingest very large amounts within a short period of time. Mild acetone poisoning complications include:

-headache

-slurred speech

-lethargy

-lack of coordination

-a sweet taste in the mouth

Severe complications are very rare and include:

-coma

-low blood pressure

-deep stupor

Acetone poisoning can be life-threatening.large industrial plant or a small container releases a substance, it enters the environment. This release does not always lead to exposure. You are exposed to a substance only when you come in contact with it by breathing, eating, touching, or drinking.

Answer 5

Probably the biggest risk is that acetone is a "Class 1B Flammable Liquid" so if it catches fire, you might get torched along with it.

Acetone is harmful by inhalation. Vapours may cause drowsiness and dizziness - which increases your risk for falling or having some other lethal accident. Inhalation of high vapour concentrations can cause CNS-depression and narcosis - which would - raise the risk even more. Severe overexposure may produce more serious symptoms, including coma and risk of kidney damage - and of course if your kidneys fail, it can kill you.

It also may cause lung damage if swallowed. Ingestion causes burning sensation in the mouth, throat and stomach and gastrointestinal disturbances. Ingestion of this product may result in central nervous system effects including headache, sleepiness, dizziness, slurred speech and blurred vision - again raising the risk of an accident.

Repeated or prolonged exposure may cause damage to the liver and kidney. Failure of either of those can kill you.

Toxicity data are:
Rat: LD50 – Route: Inhalation;Dose:76 mg/L/4H
LD50 – Route: Oral; Dose:1800 mg/kg
Rabbit: LD50 – Route: Dermal; Dose: 20000 mg/kg
LD-50 is the amount that kills 50% of the test animals - the point here is that we can estimate roughly how toxic something is by how much it takes to kill the animals and extrapolate it to people. The good news is that it takes quite a bit to outright kill you by poisoning you but it sure isn't going to be healthy and might kill you later from the damage done to your liver and kidneys if you get exposed to too much for too long.

Answer 6

it causes irritation ,extremely flammable and harmful . if it it is swallowed or inhaled. the vapor cause flash fire and affects central nervous system

Answer 7

No, there is not any harmful fumes from melting styrofoam with acetone. Nor does it leave a smell.

Answer 8

Not advisable, no.

Answer 9

Yes.