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Carbon tetrachloride   Listen
Carbon tetrachloride

noun
1.
A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined.  Synonyms: carbon tet, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane.






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"Carbon tetrachloride" Quotes from Famous Books



... C'14H'10O'8, which crystallises in small sharp needles, melting with decomposition at 294-295 C. Leucoellagic acid is soluble in ethyl and methyl alcohols, and in glacial acetic acid, insoluble in chloroform, benzene, toluene, carbon tetrachloride, and petrol ether; it gives a bluish-green colour with ferric chloride which quickly turns black. Leucoellagic acid is soluble in alkalies, the solution assuming a deep-red coloration; it reduces silver nitrate in the cold, but is not adsorbed by mordanted cotton cloth, in which respect ...
— Synthetic Tannins • Georg Grasser



Words linked to "Carbon tetrachloride" :   dissolving agent, perchloromethane, tetrachloride, carbon tet, dissolver, solvent, dissolvent, resolvent, tetrachloromethane



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