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petrolene Chem.|ˈpɛtrəʊliːn|
[a. F. pétrolène, f. pétrole or petrol-eum + -ene.]
Boussingault's name for the oily volatile constituent of asphalt or compact bitumen.
1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 721 This name [Petrolene] has been given by M. Boussingault to a substance which he extracted from the bitumen of Bechelbronn... Petrolene, thus obtained, has a pale yellow colour, little taste, but a bituminous odour. 1863–72Watts Dict. Chem. I. 426 According to Boussingault..asphalt or compact bitumen is a mixture of two definite substances, viz. asphaltene, which is fixed and soluble in alcohol, and petrolene, which is oily and volatile. |