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Propylene & ethylene glycol based low temperature heat transfer fluid
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glyc⋅er⋅ol
[glis-uh-rawl, -rol] 
əˌrɔl
–noun
| a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C3H8O3, usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients. |
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| glyc·er·ol (glĭs'ə-rôl', -rōl') n. A syrupy, sweet, colorless or yellowish liquid, C3H8O3, obtained from fats and oils as a byproduct of saponification and used as a solvent, an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics, liquid soaps, inks, and lubricants. [glycer(in) + -ol1.] |
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Glycerol
Glyc"er*ol\, n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin.
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Language Translation for : glycerol
Spanish:
glicerina,
German:
das Glyzerin,
Japanese:
グリセリン
Main Entry: glyc·er·ol
Pronunciation: 'glis-&-"rol, -"rOl
Function: noun
: a sweet syrupy hygroscopic trihydroxy alcoholC3H8O3 usually obtained by the saponification of fats and used especially as a solvent and plasticizer, as a moistening agent, emollient, and lubricant, and as anemulsifying agent called also glycerin
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glycerol glyc·er·ol (glĭs'ə-rôl', -rōl')
n.
A sweet syrupy fluid obtained by the saponification of fats and fixed oils, used as a solvent, a skin emollient, and as a vehicle and sweetening agent; it is also used by injection or in suppository form for constipation and orally to reduce ocular tension.
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| glycerol (glĭs'ə-rôl') Pronunciation Key
A sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal fats and oils or by the fermentation of glucose. It is used as a solvent, sweetener, and antifreeze and in making explosives and soaps. Glycerol consists of a propane molecule attached to three hydroxyl (OH) groups. Also called glycerin, glycerine. Chemical formula: C3H8O3. |
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