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Definition of Propylene
1. Noun. A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis.
Definition of Propylene
1. n. A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
Definition of Propylene
1. Noun. (organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6. ¹
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Definition of Propylene
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propylene
Literary usage of Propylene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Propylene, like ethylene, is a colourless gas, condensible to a liquid by ...
Propylene combines readily with chlorine and bromine, and also unites with ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"To obtain 1 At. free propylene it is necessary to use from 9 to 18 At. iodide of
... By decomposing iodide of propylene, Cr'H'P, with potash and alcohol ..."
3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1884)
"CH3 Propylene glycol is a thick liquid having a sweetish taste, and boiling at
... Propylene glycol can also be obtained from glycerin, CH2(OH).CH(OH). ..."
4. The Chemical Gazette (1854)
"The following are some of them: — Aqueous ammonia, by acting upon iodized propylene
for forty hours at 212° F., entirely decomposes it. ..."
5. The Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products and the Interrelations Between by Raphael Meldola (1904)
"69, 786), the latter by the action of hydrogen chloride giving propylene ...
47133), which by the action of alcoholic potash gives propylene oxide (Oser, ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Propylene. In a 200-ml Pyrex pressure bottle containing a magnetic stirring ...
The bottle was closed, evacuated, and pressured to 5 psig with propylene and ..."
7. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"and the oily layer, which separates out, rectified.1 The same compound is also
formed by the union of propylene and hypochlorous acid.2 It is an ethereal ..."
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