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acenaphthylene

acenaphthylene

9.9
A chemical found in coal tar that scientists study in labs
  • noun
  • /ˌæsəˈnæfθəˌlin/
  • Specialized
: acenafileno
  • In chemical research, acenaphthylene is often used as a standard for calibrating analytical instruments.

Examples

  • Scientists discovered that acenaphthylene can be effectively used in the study of coal tar derivatives.

  • The laboratory required a sample of acenaphthylene for their experiments on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

  • Concerning the single compounds, acenaphthylene appeared in 5 of 8 most influential ratios.

    Academic text (2016)

Surface Forms

acenaphthylene singular
acenaphthylenes plural

Etymology

Acenaphthylene comes from the simpler chemical naphthalene, the 'mothball' chemical, with the prefix ace- showing a small change in the ring parts of the molecule. So, acenaphthylene is the name for a related ring-shaped chemical often found in coal tar and studied in labs.