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Definition of Naphthenic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naphthenic
Literary usage of Naphthenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soap-making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their by Edgar George Thomssen (1922)
"naphthenic ACIDS. The naphtha or crude petroleum of the various provinces in
Europe, as Russia, Galacia, Alsace and Rou- mania yield a series of bodies of ..."
2. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"Salts of naphthenic and Sulphonic Acids.—The presence of these salts, which impair
... A turbidity does not, however, necessarily prove that naphthenic or ..."
3. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"CHEMISTRY OF THE NON-BENZENOID HYDROCARBONS Sulfuric acid is also very effective
in removing naphthenic acids, as was first shown by ..."
4. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"All acids in the above table* had the characteristic odor of naphthenic acids
and were ... naphthenic acids from the main fractions of Baku petroleum were ..."
5. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"It is evident, therefore, that the lower-boiling naphthenic acids are cyclopentane
derivatives. ... On isomeric naphthenic acids, ..."
6. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1915)
"(d) Differentiation of naphthenic and Fatty Acids. To determine if the free acids
present in an oil are naphthenic or fatty acids, Davidsohn * uses the ..."
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