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  • 81polyethylene glycol — noun Any of a series of water soluble polymers, of general formula [CH CH O], used in detergents and as emulsifiers and plasticizers. Syn: PEG See Also: polyethylene, ethylene glycol, glycol, ethylene …

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  • 82diethylene glycol — (ˈ)dī+... noun Etymology: di + ethylene : a sweet toxic hygroscopic syrupy compound O(CH2CH2OH)2 made from ethylene oxide (as by reaction with ethylene glycol) and used chiefly as solvent, humectant, and plasticizer and in the production of… …

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  • 83Polypropylene glycol — or polypropylene oxide is the polymer of propylene glycol. Chemically it is a polyether. The term polypropylene glycol or PPG is reserved for low to medium range molar mass polymer when the nature of the end group, which is usually a hydroxyl… …

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  • 84Polyéthylène glycol — Macrogol Macrogol structure Général Synonymes polyéthylène glycol poly (oxyéthylène) PEG PEOX …

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  • 85Acide nucléique à glycol — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ANG et GNA. Un acide nucléique à glycol, ou ANG, est un polymère organique synthétique ayant la même conformation que l ADN et l ARN, mais qui en diffère par la nature du squelette de ses brins : alors que… …

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  • 86diethylene glycol — An organic solvent chemically related to ethylene glycol. Upon metabolic conversion it becomes oxalic acid, which is toxic to the kidney. A sweet, viscous liquid that was used to make the infamous elixir of …

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  • 87polyethylene glycol — polyeth′ylene gly′col n. chem. any of a series of polymers of ethylene glycol, having a molecular weight from about 200 to 6000, used as an emulsifying agent and lubricant • Etymology: 1885–90 …

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  • 88polyethylene glycol — (PEG) [NF] a generic name for mixtures of condensation polymers of ethylene oxide and water, represented by the general formula H(OCH2CH2)n OH, in which n is greater than or equal to 4. The term is used in combination with a numeric suffix which… …

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  • 89polyethylene glycol — noun : a member of the series of water soluble poly ether glycols HOCH2CH2(OCH2CH2)nOH higher than diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol that vary from water white liquids to waxy solids as the average molecular weight increases from 200 to… …

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  • 90triethylene glycol — (ˈ)trī+... noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tri + ethylene : a high boiling soluble hygroscopic liquid ether glycol (−CH2OCH2CH2OH)2 that resembles diethylene glycol, is made similarly, and is used chiefly as a solvent, as an… …

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