He developed Standard Oil's tube--tank process of cracking oil, found the formula for cheap acetone to fireproof airplane wings in World War I, made plastics an exact and .
The bombmakers combine acetone and phosphate with water in a large bowl and put the mixture out to dry on roofs or balconies.
Britain was desperate for acetone, needed to make explosives.
North American Acetone Industry Discussed in In-Demand GlobalData Report Published at MarketPublishers.com The acetone market is closely connected with its feedstock phenol, as the majority of acetone produced today is phenol’s co-product. The global acetone market is poised to see steady growth in the forecast period, though the pattern of demand growth will be uneven depending on geography.
June 6, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance