diethyl ether
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of diethyl ether
Example Sentences
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But when exposed to diethyl ether gas, the plant slumbers.
From Scientific American
His passage through customs was an interesting one as nitric acid and diethyl ether are controlled substances, yet both essential in the production of photographic plates when using the wet collodion process.
From BBC
It can be extracted from the organic solvent diethyl ether by washing with a polar solution like water.
From US News
I picked out the pungent, aromatic odor of toluene and the hospital smell of diethyl ether, and I thought I could detect the heavy odor of lauryl alcohol.
From Project Gutenberg
We still do not understand how it works, or why so many structurally unrelated chemicals – diethyl ether, chloroform, halothane, isoflurane, and even the inert noble gas xenon – all knock out animals equally well.
From Scientific American
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