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Noun(1) a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent(2) any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule

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(1) Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov had hydrolyzed methylene acetate while trying to form methyl glycol and produced formaldehyde gas.(2) The glycol lubricates the main bearings, prevents the water from freezing, and can be separated from the water through heating.(3) Several very different solutes, ranging from glycine and glycerol to triethylene glycol , were used to vary the water chemical potential.(4) A glycol is an aliphatic organic compound in which two hydroxyl groups are present.(5) Simulant rockets containing water or ethyl glycol instead of chemical agent were used to train soldiers on the proper handling and firing of the M55.(6) Other glycols are also used in polymer production; for example, tetramethylene glycol is used to produce polyesters, and diethylene glycol is used in the manufacture of polyurethane and unsaturated polyester resins.(7) Aliphatic dihydric alcohols are known as glycols .(8) Vapor diffusion systems involving solutions with high concentrations of high molecular weight polyethylene glycols and low ionic strengths are very sensitive to drop volume and take a longer time to equilibrate.(9) Noncharged polymeric polyethylene glycols have been employed for pore sizing experiments in planar lipid bilayers but have never been used in patchclamp experiments.(10) Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, ethers, glycols and higher alcohols are not corrosive to magnesium and its alloys.
Related Words
(1) ethylene glycol
(2) propylene glycol
(3) butylene glycol
(4) diethylene glycol
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Noun
1. diol


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Get it? She doesn't like glycol ether.

Get it? She doesn't like GLYCOL ether.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 1


Ahem. "I don't care for perchloroethylene
and I don't like glycol ether."

Ahem. "I don't care for perchloroethylene and I don't like GLYCOL ether."

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 1


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