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Preferred term

Xylenes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dimethylbenzenes

Scope note

  • A family of isomeric, colorless aromatic hydrocarbon liquids, that contain the general formula C6H4(CH3)2. They are produced by the destructive distillation of coal or by the catalytic reforming of petroleum naphthenic fractions. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

History note

  • 75; was XYLENE 1963-74

In other languages

  • ksyleenit

    Finnish

  • dimetyylibentseeni
  • dimetyylibentseenit
  • ksyleeni
  • Xylener

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014992

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