chrysenen.
/ˈkrʌɪsiːn/ Chemistry.
A solid hydrocarbon, C18H12, occurring in crystalline form in the highest boiling fractions of coal tar, and in other substances, variable in colour and exhibiting violet fluorescence.
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1864 Chem. News 10 244/1 Laurent's pyren, I am inclined to think, was merely chrysen containing an admixture of paraffin.
1864 Chem. News 10 244/2 Chrysen compounds.
1871 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 24 692 The chrysene employed in this research was extracted from the mixture of solid hydro-carbons which have a higher boiling point than anthracene, and form the latter portion of the distillate from coal tar.
1943 Endeavour Jan. 30/1 The..compound presents a rough resemblance to..chrysene.
1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 665/1 Chrysene, C18H12, crystallizes in colourless plates or octahedra (from benzene), which exhibit a violet fluorescence.
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ˈchrysene
ˈchrysene n.
Brit. /ˈkrʌɪsiːn/
, /ˈkrʌɪsiːn/U.S. /ˈkraɪˌsin/
a crystalline hydrocarbon (C18H12) of the Anthracene group, obtained in bright yellow glistening scales./ˈkraɪˌsin/Π
c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 118/2 Among the first are..Chrysene.
1873 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 11) 758 Chrysene, a solid, resinous, orange-coloured body.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 75 The most powerfully fluorescent bodies known are..chrysogen, chrysene.
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