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fluorene

fluorene

1 9.5
A colorless solid chemical used to make dyes and plastics
  • noun
  • /ˈflʊəˌriːn/
  • Specialized
: fluoreno
  • Researchers found that fluorene can be utilized to create various chemicals in the laboratory.

Examples

  • Fluorene is commonly used in the production of fluorene dyes and plastics due to its unique properties.

  • Nearly 100% of urinary samples collected through NHANES contain metabolites of naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene (Huang et al. 2006; Li et al. 2008).

    Academic text (2014)

  • Estrogenic activity was also reported for 2-fluorene and 1-pyrene (Schultz and Sinks 2002).

    Academic text (2014)

  • In the study, the effects of fluorene on synthetic materials were tested to assess its benefits.

Surface Forms

fluorene singular
fluorenes plural

Morphology

fluorene = fluor + ene

The form consists of the chemical combining form 'fluor' plus the technical suffix '-ene'; this is specialised chemical nomenclature and not transparently interpretable by a B1 learner from the component forms.

Etymology

Fluorene joins fluor-, a chemical part you meet in fluoride and fluorescent, with -ene, a word ending used for simple carbon chemicals like ethylene. So fluorene is a small carbon molecule used to make dyes, plastics, and other materials.