benzene
a colorless, volatile, flammable, toxic, slightly water-soluble, liquid, aromatic compound, C6H6, obtained chiefly from coal tar: used in the manufacture of commercial and medicinal chemicals, dyes, and as a solvent for resins, fats, or the like.
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It contains hazardous air pollutants like nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and benzene, which all contribute to unhealthy air that more than 41 percent of Americans breathe in.
The infrastructure law aims to clean up pollution in your community | Rebecca Leber | November 15, 2021 | VoxTo pay for those instances, the new infrastructure bill revives a tax on imported toxic chemicals and metals, like benzene, chlorine, and cobalt.
The new infrastructure bill will fund pollution cleanup. But will it hold polluters accountable? | Philip Kiefer | November 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFrom the 19th-century chemist Friedrich August Kekulé’s discovery of the structure of benzene to any of Mozart’s symphonies, much extraordinary human achievement is not a product of conscious, sequential reasoning.
The power of rational thinking in a world that seems unreasonable | Nick Romeo | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostA recent major breakthrough was a tabletop device that could operate on sunlight alone for more than 3,000 hours without degradation, converting methane into benzene and reducing nitrogen into ammonia, an important element for fertilizer.
Exposure to benzene at very high levels can cause difficulty thinking, change in heart function and it’s considered a cancer-causing chemical.
benzene causes cancer, thins the blood to cause symptoms resembling hemophilia, and damages fetuses exposed to it.
benzene makes people sick, shortens lives, and harms future generations.
Butane purchased at a hardware store often contains chemicals like benzene, which is known to cause cancer.
Hey Buddy, Wanna Dab? Inside The Mainstream Explosion of Cannabis Concentrates | Valerie Vande Panne | December 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever studies have found dangerous compounds like benzene and formaldehyde in inhaled or secondhand vapor.
E-Cigarettes, Facing Ban, Still Figuring Out What They Want to Be | Alex Halperin | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA solution of hydrogen chloride in a poorly ionizing medium, like benzene or toluene, is an extremely poor conductor.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzPetroleum boiling between 160 and 195 F. dissolves less than benzene.
To undertake anything big was out of the question, so we dropped thirty-two gallons of benzene and a spare propeller.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAnother mile went by and we came to snow, where forty gallons of benzene, twelve gallons of oil and a sledge were abandoned.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe hydrocarbons consist largely of benzene, which requires three times as much air for complete combustion as acetylene does.
British Dictionary definitions for benzene
/ (ˈbɛnziːn, bɛnˈziːn) /
a colourless flammable toxic aromatic liquid used in the manufacture of styrene, phenol, etc, as a solvent for fats, resins, etc, and as an insecticide. Formula: C 6 H 6: See also benzene ring
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Scientific definitions for benzene
[ bĕn′zēn′ ]
A colorless flammable liquid derived from petroleum. Benzene is used to make detergents, insecticides, motor fuels, and many other chemical products. Chemical formula: C6H6. See more at benzene ring.
Other words from benzene
- benzyl adjective
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