a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Methanal
a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
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an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
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, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Resources and energy.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.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.an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.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.a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cade…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, poisonous, oxidation, methanol.A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of…
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