benzol
Americannoun
noun
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a crude form of benzene, containing toluene, xylene, and other hydrocarbons, obtained from coal tar or coal gas and used as a fuel
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an obsolete name for benzene
Etymology
Origin of benzol
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One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship packed to the gills with explosives such as TNT, picric acid, benzol and guncotton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
“The Flying Sailor,” by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, springboards off the 1917 Halifax catastrophe when a speeding vessel collided with a cargo ship cradling benzol and TNT.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
First explosion occurred in one of the great tar reservoirs adjoining the benzol factory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gases arising from coal-burning, instead of being allowed to escape, are now distilled in by-product coke ovens, and yield petrol, benzol and other derivative products employed in explosives, dyes, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Solvent naphtha” or 160-degree benzol is a product obtained from the distillation of coal tar, differing from benzine, a product obtained from the distillation of petroleum.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
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