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Definition of Isocyanates
1. isocyanate [n] - See also: isocyanate
Medical Definition of Isocyanates
1. Organic compounds that contain the -nco radical. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isocyanates
Literary usage of Isocyanates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Cyanide Solutions Resulting from the Treatment of Ores by John Edward Clennell (1910)
"SECTION A. ESTIMATION OF CYANATES AND isocyanates. Salts of cyanic acid appear
to be almost invariably present in samples of commercial cyanide. ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"... cyanogen and the alcohol radical, and that these then unite again: C=N-CH, =
N=C-»<-CH3. Cyanates and isocyanates. The cyanates of the alcohol radicals ..."
3. A Scheme for the Detection of the More Common Classes of Carbon Compounds by Frank Edwin Weston (1912)
"isocyanates (metallic derivatives and esters). Indicated by powerful odour.
Heated with alkalies become primary amines. ..."
4. The Identification of organic compounds by George Ballingall Neave, Isidore Morris Heilbron (1911)
"isocyanates. THESE are liquids, which, when digested with caustic potash yield
primary amines and potassium carbonate, and with acids, a salt of a primary ..."
5. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"The potential for interference from isocyanates was investigated by drawing air
... "Simultaneous Determination of Amines and isocyanates in Working ..."
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