We could watch acetone devour styrofoam all. Day. Long. Although, technically speaking, the acetone isn’t devouring anything. Styrofoam is made of up countless interconnected styrene molecules that ...

This cute little styrofoam cup is meeting its gruesome end with a brave face. Seriously though, the way acetone eats through styrofoam cups is mind-boggling, both in how fast it works, and because the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scary powers of acetone, commonly found in nail polish remover, were put on full display with a YouTube video that went up on ...

Acetone is a solvent that breaks down Styrofoam, which results in the Styrofoam dissolving in Acetone similar to how sugar does in water. Styrofoam is a polystyrene that has been pumped with air.

Have you ever wondered what else acetone can do besides remove your nail polish? Well, this video just taught us that it can melt an entire styrofoam cup in a matter of seconds. The recording was ...

(via American Chemical Society) Have you ever seen a foam cup appear to melt away in acetone? Foam cups, bowls and containers are made of a lightweight but strong material – expanded polystyrene. How ...

We've always been aware that acetone nail polish remover isn't exactly the gentlest and kindest of beauty products—there's the fact that it's the one solvent that can soak off even the most ...

These days, it seems like absolutely anything and everything that we use is loaded up with artificial chemicals that are simply not natural. While we certainly don't suggest that any of you try the ...

The scary powers of acetone, commonly found in nail polish remover, were put on full display with a YouTube video that went up on March 23 by the channel Let's Melt This. In the video, a plate filled ...