English Dictionary:
- A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8,
analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain
bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type
and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds.
Formerly called also naphthaline.
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