Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless strongly refractive liquid (CgHg), with an odor like that of benzin, obtained by heating styracin with calcium hydrate. Also called
cinnamene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) See
styrolene .
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- noun chemistry
styrolene
Etymologies
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styrax + Latin oleum oil.
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ABS plastic (acryl-nitryl-butadien-styrol) from three-dimensional scan; applied color Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto
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BASF's paper chemicals division will close production of XSB (carboxylated styrol butadiene) paper coating binders at its sites in Guturribay (Spain), Kaipiainen (Finland) and Ribécourt (France) by mid-2010.
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