noun
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aromatic
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Organic compounds including a number of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are also present in coal dust.
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Natural gas is also virtually free of the lead, sulphur, particulates and aromatic hydrocarbons that cause pollution at street level.
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Because of the huge up-front investment in production platforms, modestly-sized hydrocarbon discoveries in deep water are not economic.
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Catalysts remove most of the hydrocarbon component of this soot and so help to remove an area of risk.
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In addition Barker showed that total hydrocarbon yield was not related to rank in the bituminous materials.
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In any case, is it feasible to deliver so large a quantity of hydrocarbons to the required point?
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Natural gas, which is an ecologically acceptable hydrocarbon fuel, now represents more than half of our reserve base.
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Studies on a range of alternative singlet forms of basic hydrocarbons have been done.
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With chlorinated hydrocarbons, the ease of biodegradation decreases as the number of chlorine atoms per molecule increases.
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Yet the real energy gain in fuels does not come from burning the carbon component of hydrocarbons, but the hydrogen portion.