a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Acrylic acid
an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
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any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic compound containing two carboxyl functional groups (-COOH).; "The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adi…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
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a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesive…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unsaturated, liquid, carboxylic, acid, manufacture.
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