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glycol [ glahy -kawl, -kol ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈglaɪ kɔl, -kɒl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
Also called ethylene glycol ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C2 H6 O2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent. Also called diol any of a group of alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.
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How to use glycol in a sentence You’ll be inhaling a cloud of other ingredients, too, such propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine.
It has even been used as a drip to counteract poisoning from ethylene glycol , a toxic ingredient in antifreeze that causes kidney failure when ingested.
The nanorods in the new method are composed of magnetic iron oxide instead of gold, and they are coated with citric acid instead of ethylene glycol — but they have the same size and shape as the earlier nanorods.
To see why this is important, consider propyplene glycol , which is used to de-ice aircraft.
One key ingredient of the stuff: Propylene glycol , a synthetic liquid that absorbs water.
Propylene glycol is used for a variety of industrial, cosmetic, and food production uses.
The European formula for Fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol .
Propylene glycol has been used as the base for fog machine liquids and in nebulizers for decades.
The major point is that we have no studies that show the safety of propylene glycol when inhaled over the long term.
It may also be prepared by oxidizing the trimethylene glycol obtained by the action of hydrobromic acid on allylbromide.
The water formed and the glycol -chlorhydrine distill over and are collected in tubulated receivers.
Glycol is heated in a distillery apparatus to 148 C., and a slow current of dry hydrochloric acid passed through it.
On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.
No glycol lic acid, oxalic acid, glycol , or glycerol was produced.
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British Dictionary definitions for glycol
Derived forms of glycol glycolic or glycollic (ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk ), adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Medical definitions for glycol
n.
Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.
Ethylene glycol.
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Scientific definitions for glycol
See ethylene glycol .
Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups (OH).
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