Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A poisonous organic compound, C6H5NO2, either bright yellow crystals or an oily liquid, having the odor of almonds and used in the manufacture of aniline, insulating compounds, and polishes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as nitrobenzol.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor
imitation oil of bitter almonds , oressence of mirbane . It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called alsonitrobenzol .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline
Examples
“Mr. Ma said the government has reacted swiftly to solve the problem, unlike in 2005 when officials attempted to cover up an explosion at a chemical plant owned by state-owned oil giant PetroChina Co. that sent more than 100 tons of benzene, nitrobenzene and other toxic chemicals into the Songhua River, contaminating the water supply of northeastern city of Harbin.”
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“You fill it with nitrobenzene and a homemade detonator.”
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“Dishwashing detergents often contain phosphates that pollute water; wood polish often contains toxins like nitrobenzene; and laundry detergent may contain bleach and other corrosives.”
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“As more than 100 tons of highly carcinogenic benzene and nitrobenzene flowed into the Songhua River, officials and the state-controlled media lied about what had happened.”
“These two ameliorating factors also apply to TBP arising from industrial accidents, as with the incident at Jilin, Helongjiang Province in November 2005 when some 100 tonnes of benzene, nitrobenzene and other compounds were released into the Songhua River At the time it was thought that the spill would cause serious TBP, but natural dilution and the construction of a diversion dam prevented appreciable flows of polluted water into Russia.”
“In November 2006, the Songhua River in northern China was contaminated by a serious spill of benzene, aniline and nitrobenzene from the Jilin Petrochemical Corporation, in Jilin Province.”
““Evolution of catabolic pathways for synthetic compounds: bacterial pathways for degradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene and nitrobenzene.””
“Others, still more widely used, proceed in an acid medium, such as zinc, iron or tin reacting with dilute sulphuric, hydrochloric or acetic acid (method of preparing aniline from nitrobenzene, etc.).”
“In 1898 he explained the reduction of nitrobenzene in stages at the cathode and this became the model for other similar reduction processes.”
“| C_ {6} Br_ {4} (NO_ {2}) _ {2} Tetra-bromo-di-nitrobenzene.”
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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