BENZENE.
\bˈɛnziːn], \bˈɛnziːn], \b_ˈɛ_n_z_iː_n]\
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Written also benzol. A color less liquid, C6H6, derived from coal-tar. It has a peculiar odor and is readily inflammable and volatile. It is a solvent of iodin, sulphur, phosphorus, fatty and resinous bodies, caoutchouc, etc. It is the starting point of the so-called aromatic series of compounds, which may be regarded as derived from it by successive processes of substitution
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