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US
/ˈnæfθə/
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[ UK /nˈæfθɐ/ ]
[ UK /nˈæfθɐ/ ]
NOUN
- any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
How To Use naphtha In A Sentence
- To avoid having sodium react with oxygen or water vapor in the air, it is usually stored under kerosene, naphtha, or some other organic liquid with which it does not react.
- The apparatus under consideration was employed in the St. Quentin gas works during the winter of 1881-1882, without giving rise to any obstruction; and, besides, it was found that by its use there might be avoided all choking up of the pipes at the works and the city mains through naphthaline. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
- However, because of its lower combustibility it contains 50% more carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including naphthalene, benzanthracene, and benzopyrene, than tobacco smoke. Impact Lab
- Gibson, D.T.: Regio - and stereospecific oxidation of fluorene, dibenzofuran, and dibenzothiophene by naphthalene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- - and 2.5 - dimethylphenol (ug) 6.8 14.4 Naphthalene (ng) 3000 1200 1-methylnaphthalene WN.com - Articles related to Uruguay weakens smoking laws
- Use a good grade of naphtha, isopropyl alcohol, or butyl cellosolve on polycarbonate domes.
- Cracking crude oil based feedstocks such as naphtha or gas oil yields higher ratios of the ethylene co-products propylene, butylenes and butadiene plus the aromatic products benzene, toluene, xylenes along with other co-products.
- A factory which distilled a good standard tar for roofing paper recovered, besides benzole and naphtha, also about ten per cent. of creosote oil, used for one hundred parts raw paper, 176.4 partially distilled tar. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
- It is discovered that nitrite, diazo compound and 2-naphthalin-1-sulfonic intensively disturb the determination of anilin.
- Common aromatic compounds other than benzene include toluene, naphthalene, and anthracene, all of which are present in coal tar or creosote.