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Benzene   /bɛnzˈin/  /bˈɛnzin/   Listen
Benzene

noun
1.
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.  Synonyms: benzine, benzol.



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"Benzene" Quotes from Famous Books



... copper heated to 1000 C. and combining with picric acid in the proportions described in formula x 18, a reaction, the nature of which I have not fully determined, follows. This must be performed with extreme care owing to the unstable nature of the benzene compounds." ...
— The Mystery • Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams

... drugs, such as antipyrine, antifebrin, &c. Aniline is manufactured by reducing nitrobenzene with iron and hydrochloric acid and steam-distilling the product. The purity of the product depends upon the quality of the benzene from which the nitrobenzene was prepared. In commerce three brands of aniline are distinguished—aniline oil for blue, which is pure aniline; aniline oil for red, a mixture of equimolecular quantities of ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various

... BENZENE, a substance compounded of carbon and hydrogen, obtained by destructive distillation from coal-tar and other organic bodies, used as a substitute for turpentine and ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood



Words linked to "Benzene" :   benzene formula, benzine, aromatic hydrocarbon, Kekule formula, benzol



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