Meaning & use
Benzol
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An older commercial or technical name for benzene, a colorless, flammable liquid hydrocarbon derived from coal tar or petroleum.
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Early automobile engines could run on a mixture of petrol and benzol.
The factory used benzol as an industrial solvent before its toxicity was fully understood.
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Benzol was the common industrial term for benzene in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially in Britain, before 'benzene' became the standard chemical name.
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