Benzene is a clear, colourless liquid which is used to make plastics.
benzene in British English
(ˈbɛnziːn, bɛnˈziːn)
noun
a colourless flammable toxic aromatic liquid used in the manufacture of styrene, phenol, etc, as a solvent for fats, resins, etc, and as an insecticide. Formula: C6H6
See also benzene ring
benzene in American English
(ˈbɛnzin; bɛnˈzin)
noun
a clear, flammable, poisonous, aromatic liquid, C6H6, obtained by scrubbing coal gas with oil and by the fractional distillation of coal tar: it is used as a solvent and in making a vast number of derivatives used in plastics, insecticides, detergents, paints, dyes, etc.
Word origin
benzoic + -ene
benzene in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(bɛnzin)
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Excipients)
Benzene is a colorless, liquid aromatic hydrocarbon derived from petroleum. Benzene is a precursor in the manufacture of a wide variety of chemical products, and is also used as a solvent.
Benzene is an important precursor in the manufacture of drugs, insecticides, and pharmaceuticals.
The simplest aromatic hydrocarbon solvent is benzene.
Benzene is a colorless, liquid aromatic hydrocarbon derived from petroleum.
Examples of 'benzene' in a sentence
benzene
The stair walls were smeared with mousse, and it smelled as if Olga had tried to clean the stuff up with benzene.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2002)
It's not as if it's three thousand tons of benzene or toluene.