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丁酮

dīngtóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 butanone
  2. 2 methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)

Examples

丁酮是常用的工业溶剂。
Dīngtóng shì chángyòng de gōngyè róngjì.
Butanone is a commonly used industrial solvent.
操作丁酮时要注意通风。
Cāozuò dīngtóng shí yào zhùyì tōngfēng.
Make sure to ventilate when handling butanone.

Tips

memory
In Chinese organic-chemistry naming, 丁 = 4-carbon (butyl, from the 天干 ordering 甲乙丙丁 = C1, C2, C3, C4) and 酮 = ketone. So 丁酮 = '4-carbon ketone' = butanone.

Stroke Order

丁 dīng
酮 tóng