TEREPHTHALIC ACID


Meaning of TEREPHTHALIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌter-ə(f)-ˈtha-lik- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tere bene, mixture of terpenes from distilled turpentine + phthalic acid

Date: 1857

: a p -dicarboxylic acid C 8 H 6 O 4 that is obtained especially by oxidation of xylene and is used chiefly in the synthesis of polyesters

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