phenol compound

  • 1Phenol coefficient — is a measure of the bactericidal activity of a chemical compound in relation to phenol. When listed numerically, the figure expressing the disinfecting power of a substance by relating it to the disinfecting power of phenol may be a function of… …

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  • 2phenol coefficient — n a number relating the germicidal efficiency of a compound to phenol regarded as having an arbitrarily assigned value of 1 toward specified bacteria (as typhoid bacteria) under specified conditions * * * a measure of the bactericidal activity of …

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  • 3phenol — [fē′nōl΄, fē′nôl΄, fē′näl΄] n. [ PHEN + OL1] 1. a white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, produced from coal tar or by the hydrolysis of chlorobenzene, and used in making explosives, synthetic resins, etc.: it is a strong, corrosive poison with a… …

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  • 4phenol — ► NOUN Chemistry 1) a toxic white crystalline solid obtained from coal tar. Also called CARBOLIC ACID(Cf. ↑carbolic acid). 2) any compound with a hydroxyl group linked directly to a benzene ring. DERIVATIVES phenolic adjective. ORIGIN from French …

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  • 5phenol — phenolic /fi noh lik, nol ik/, adj. /fee nawl, nol/, n. Chem. 1. Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water soluble, poisonous mass, C6H5OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative… …

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  • 6Phenol — This article is about the molecule. For the class of chemicals containing a phenol group, see Phenols. Phenol …

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  • 7Phenol red — Chembox new Name = Phenol red ImageFile = Phenol red zwitterionic form 2D skeletal.png ImageName = Phenol red ImageFile1 = Phenol red zwitterionic form 3D balls.png ImageName1 = Phenol red Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 143 74 8 SMILES =… …

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  • 8Phenol — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Phenol Andere Namen Carbol …

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  • 9phenol — Hydroxybenzene; an antiseptic, anesthetic, and disinfectant; locally escharotic in concentrated form and neurolytic in 3–4% solutions; internally, a powerful escharotic poison. SYN: carbolic acid, phenyl alcohol. camphorated p …

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  • 10phenol coefficient — noun : a number relating the germicidal efficiency of a compound to phenol regarded as having an arbitrarily assigned value of 1 toward specified bacteria (as typhoid bacteria) under specified conditions if disinfectant X has a phenol coefficient …

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