Phenol - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: phenolExplosive
Explosive, means gunpowder, introglycerine, nitroglycol, gun-cotton, di-nitro-toluene, tri-nitro-toluene, picric acid, di-nitro-phenol, tri-nitro-resorcinol (styphnic acid), cyclo-trimethylene-tri-nitramine, penta-erythritol-tetranitrate, tetryl, nitro-guanidine, lead azide, lead styphynte, fulminate of mercury or any other metal, diazo-di-nitro-phenol, coloured fires or any other substance whether a single chemical compound or a mixture of substances, whether solid or liquid or gaseous used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or pyrotechnic effect; and includes fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges, ammuni-tion of all descriptions and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as defined in this clause. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (d)]...
Naphthol
Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene analogous to phenol In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol carbolic odor...
Phenol
A white or pinkish crystalline substance C6H5OH produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies as wood coal etc and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar...
Salol
A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate...
Saligenin
A phenol alcohol obtained by the decomposition of salicin as a white crystalline substance called also hydroxy benzyl alcohol...
Salicylic
Pertaining to derived from or designating an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide and now made in large quantities from phenol carbolic acid by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate It is a white crystalline substance It is used as an antiseptic and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism Called also hydroxybenzoic acid...
Rufol
A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone...
Rosolic
Pertaining to or designating a complex red dyestuff called rosolic acid which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol as a dark red amorphous mass C20H16O3 which forms weak salts with bases and stable ones with acids Called also methyl aurin and formerly corallin...
Resorcin
A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series obtained by melting certain resins as galbanum asafetida etc with caustic potash It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs as phthaleiumln fluoresceiumln and eosin...
Pyrogallol
A phenol metameric with phloroglucin obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties and hence called also pyrogallic acid It is a strong reducer and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes...
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