noun
Etymology
Origin of toluol
Example Sentences
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A variation of the same process is now used by Humble Oil in a new plant which makes 30,000,000 gallons of synthetic toluol a year for TNT.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well might the company contend that "treason" was a queer name for a deal that gave the U.S. buna, aviation gas, toluol.
From Time Magazine Archive
War boomed the Koppers business because it cut off the German supply of such explosive coal derivatives as ammonia, benzol, toluol.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small quantities of toluol are allowed to boil for a few minutes in the boiler, and the copper-plate soon reaches the temperature of 107°-110°.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.
The toluol was used mostly in the manufacture of trinitrotoluol for use in Europe.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
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