pyrene
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- noun
- /ˈpaɪˌrin/
- Specialized
- The second kind resembled what likely happens in nature: they mixed alpha-pinene and pyrene and let the particles form with both molecules present.
Examples
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With the pyrene-coated particles, the team found the PAH pyrene evaporating off the surface of the particle quickly, all of it gone after four hours.
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So for example, in the pyrene pathway over here, you need, I'm just going to draw this out.
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For the PAH, they used pyrene, a toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels or vegetation such as forests.
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The first kind exemplified the classical SOA: first they produced the particles with alpha-pinene and then coated them with pyrene.
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Formed of interconnected, stable rings of carbon, anthracene and pyrene belong to a family of molecules that syllable-loving chemists call polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs.
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Nearly 100% of urinary samples collected through NHANES contain metabolites of naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene (Huang et al. 2006; Li et al. 2008).
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In chemical research, scientists often study pyrene due to its interesting properties as a hydrocarbon.
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The researcher synthesized various compounds, including pyrene, to explore their applications in materials science.
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Pyrene is a key component in the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are important in environmental chemistry.
Surface Forms
Morphology
pyrene = pyren + ene
Although the chemical suffix '-ene' is visible, the combining form 'pyren-' is a borrowed technical root (not a productive English base), so an average learner cannot derive the specific hydrocarbon meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Pyrene for the pale yellow chemical comes from the Greek root pyr meaning 'fire', because it was first found in coal tar made by burning coal. So, think 'fire' and soot to remember this hydrocarbon studied in chemistry.