cumene

[kyoo-meen]

cu·mene

[kyoo-meen]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless and toxic liquid, C9H12, soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
Also called isopropylbenzene.


Origin:
< French cumène; see cumin, -ene
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Cumene is always a great word to know.
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a reaction in which two or more substances combine to form another compound
to remove impurities from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs
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