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yuˌin noun Chemistry.
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
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| a colourless volatile flammable liquid with an odour resembling that of benzene, obtained from petroleum and coal tar and used as a solvent and in the manufacture of many organic chemicals. Formula: C6H5CH3 | |
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Word Origin & History
toluene
colorless liquid hydrocarbon, 1871, from Ger. toluin (Berzelius, 1842), from Tolu, place in Colombia (now Santiago de Tolu) from which balsam of Tolu was obtained from the bark of certain trees. The chemical so called because it was first distilled from balsam of Tolu.
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Science Dictionary
toluene (tŏl'y -ēn') Pronunciation Key
A clear, toxic, flammable liquid that is used in fuels, explosives, dyes, medicines, and many industrial chemicals. Toluene consists of a methyl group attached to benzene. Also called methylbenzene. Chemical formula: C7H8. |
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Example sentences
Toluene and xylene are powerful compounds that are found in many household and industrial substances.
Then she dissolved the residue in a solvent called toluene.
Why would someone add xylene, toluene and other petrochemical products to a fracking mix.
Toluene occurs naturally in crude oil and in the tolu tree.
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