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- adjective organic chemistry Having three
hydroxy groups
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Since glycerol is a trihydric alcohol, _i. e._, contains three hydroxyl
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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This paper is the most complete investigation yet published of the now well-known method of precipitating and estimating furfural in acid solution by means of the trihydric phenol.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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