adiponitrile

[ad-uh-poh-nahy-tril, -treel, -trahyl]

noun Chemistry.

a colorless liquid, C₆H₈N₂, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of nylon.

Origin:
adipo- + nitrile

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Adiponitrile is always a great word to know.

So is glacial. Does it mean:

like or containing an alkali, which neutralize acids to form salts and turn red litmus paper blue, or having a pH value greater than 7

of, pertaining to, or tending to develop into icelike crystals: glacial phosphoric acid

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