Will water freeze in acetone?

[Apoc]

HEY! I know that water and acetone are miscible, but if one were to put water in acetone, and put it in the freezer, would the water freeze in the acetone?

 

[dg]

yes, it can freeze if there is enough water present

sorta like alcohol, higher proofs wont freeze, but beer will

 

[Apoc]

yes, it can freeze if there is enough water present

sorta like alcohol, higher proofs wont freeze, but beer will

dang, but it won't form a separate layer of frozen water?

 

[Bert]

yes, it can freeze if there is enough water present

sorta like alcohol, higher proofs wont freeze, but beer will

dang, but it won't form a separate layer of frozen water?

You can just filter the ice out with a coffee filter (or try to decant, but there will probably be smaller pieces of ice). They're in two different phases, that's separation enough.

 

[dg]

yes, it can freeze if there is enough water present

sorta like alcohol, higher proofs wont freeze, but beer will

dang, but it won't form a separate layer of frozen water?

no, they are both too polar/ miscible
picture a frozen beer as an example

 

[justine]

The popular and easy way to get anhydrous acetone is to use epsom salts, check this thread out : Drying Acetone...Correctly - Advanced/Enhanced chemistry - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus

 

[dg]

The popular and easy way to get anhydrous acetone is to use epsom salts, check this thread out : Drying Acetone...Correctly - Advanced/Enhanced chemistry - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus

Apoc, was drying 'tone the purpose of your question>?

 

[chemisch]

or lowering the tempeture much more, other methods are easier tho

 

[benzyme]

acetone and water form an azeotrope.
IME, 60:40 acetone:water will not freeze at -20 C. it's my fav ratio
for cleaning mesc sulfate.