About the author

Jessica Clifton

Chief Strategy Officer

Jessica is Chief Strategy Officer at ReAgent and leads a variety of growth projects. She has an extensive background in marketing, and has worked in the chemical industry since 2019. Outside of work, Jessica can be found on a run, building LEGO, or watching Star Wars.
Lady removing nail polish

How & Where to Buy Acetone

Acetone is both a household and industrial chemical with a wide range of applications.  In many settings, it’s indispensable. For example, a beauty salon couldn’t effectively provide services to their customers without it, as acetone is used as nail polish

An origami paper boat floating on the ocean surface.

Why Things Float: Exploring Density with Everyday Objects

Ever wondered why a heavy metal ship floats, but a tiny coin sinks? Why do some fruits float, while others don’t?  To get to the bottom of these mysteries, you need to know a little more about the science of

Adding nail polish remover thin out older lacquers

What Are the Uses of Acetone?

Acetone is a colourless, volatile liquid made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. It was first produced around 700 years ago and is also found organically in plants, trees, volcanic gases, and as a natural metabolic by-product in the

Primary school children in a science class

10 Science Apps and Websites For Kids

10 Science Apps and Websites For Kids Compared to even ten years ago, the amount of technology children have access to is incredible. Long gone are the days where scientific learning was heavily learned through hefty textbooks. Nowadays, there are

Someone removing acrylic nails with acetone

What Is Acetone?

Ask anyone what acetone is, and they’ll probably tell you it’s something to do with nail polish. And they’d be right – in its capacity as a solvent, acetone is one of the volatile ingredients in nail polish remover. But

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Kitchen Chemistry: Fun Facts About Food and Cooking

What do the golden crust on a loaf of bread, the perfectly aerated crumb of a cake, and the browning of a steak in a frying pan all have in common? Science.  Cooking is all about chemistry. You may not

Pickled cucumbers, vinegar, and spices on a wooden table.

What Are The Common Uses Of Acetic Acid?

From the dressings on our salads to the glues and paints that surround us, acetic acid is far more than just a household condiment. Though most people recognise it as the tangy component of vinegar, this simple organic compound has

A reverse osmosis (RO) water system in a factory

The Difference Between Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis

Osmosis works through the natural movement of water through semi-permeable membranes, evening out the saturation of dissolved particles between two bodies of water. Reverse osmosis, meanwhile, relies on pressure to push the water through, moving it from a high concentrate

Close up of a deionised water IBC from ReAgent

What Is The Deionisation Process?

At ReAgent, we sell deionised water by the 1,000L bucket-load – but what is deionisation exactly? Quite simply, deionisation is a process by which water has its ions removed in order to form pure H20. Ions are electrically charged atoms