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Definition of Benzol

1. Noun. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.

Definition of Benzol

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. ¹

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Definition of Benzol

1. a benzene [n -S] - See also: benzene

Medical Definition of Benzol

1. A volatile, very inflammable liquid, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. The Benzene nucleus or Benzene ring, is a closed chain or ring, consisting of six carbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom attached, regarded as the type from which the aromatic compounds are derived. Structure: C6H6 Origin: From Benzoin. (06 Aug 1998)

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Literary usage of Benzol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Commercial benzol: The term "benzol" is employed commercially in ... The mixtures are generally designated as 90 % washed benzol, 90% crude benzol, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"About 5 grains of benzol may be burned in three hours. ... The Technical Determination of benzol in Illuminating Gas: DA MORTON. Examination of the method ..."

3. The Mineral Industry (1897)
"Consequently the gas contained 1179 less 87, or 1092 gms., of benzol. ... Assuming the benzol contents of a cubic meter «f gas at 20 gms. ..."

4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"Physiol., 1900, x, 7), who produced chronic poisoning with benzol with characteristic ... By personal interview I have been told of the use of benzol in the ..."

5. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"Just as nitro-benzol by reduction yields aniline, so do the nitro- benzols on reduction yield ortho-, meta-, or para-phenylene diminues. ..."

6. American Druggist (1885)
"Hence the test is varied thus: Guaiac, oil, and benzol are put into the test-tubes cold. After 5 minute В acquires a blue tint, while A is yellow; ..."

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