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Definition of Propylene glycol

1. Noun. A sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects.

Definition of Propylene glycol

1. Noun. (chemistry) 1,2-propanediol, CH₃CH(OH)CH₂OH, a thick oily liquid, used as an antifreeze and in many industrial applications ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propylene Glycol

Literary usage of Propylene glycol

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

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"propylene glycol. place of the amalgam, caustic soda may also be used. ... propylene glycol contains an asymmetric carbon atom, and Le Bel has successfully ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"A promising substitute, though not a full equivalent for this, was found in propylene glycol dinitrate. propylene glycol dinitrate is a nitric ester ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1884)
"CH(OH)CH2C1, is formed by saturating propylene glycol with hydrochloric acid. The operation must at last be conducted in the water-bath, and the product ..."

4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"propylene glycol is known in two isomerie forms, viz. ... (b) a-propylene glycol, CH3— CH(OH)— CH2(OH), can be prepared from propylene bromide in an ..."

5. A Text Book of Organic Chemistry by William Albert Noyes (1903)
"propylene glycol, or 1,2 Propanediol, CH2OH, CHOH, CH8, and Trimethylene glycol, or 1.3 Propanediol, CH2OH, CH2, CH2OH are both known. ..."

6. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"INHIBITED GLYCOLS Ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, inhibited for corrosion control, are used as aqueous freezing point depressants and heat transfer ..."

7. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"When exposed to the action of the ferment Bacterium termo, ordinary propylene glycol becomes optically active and affords an active propylene oxide ..."

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