isopropanol
Americannoun
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If they fill the pores of their polymer coating with isopropanol, the coating starts to trap heat rather than shed it.
From Nature
The excess emissions included cyclohexane and isopropanol; the latter has been deemed an eye, skin and respiratory irritant.
From Washington Times
Investigators found high levels of butyl alcohol, isopropanol, and acetone as well as ethylene glycol.
From Seattle Times
There was something so pleasing about the aroma that emanated from the printing fluid—a 50/50 mix of methanol and isopropanol.
From Time
They then use a bacterium to convert the hydrogen, plus carbon dioxide, into the liquid fuel isopropanol.
From Time
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