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benzine

benzine (bĕnˈzēn, bĕnzēnˈ), colorless, highly flammable liquid. It is used as a cleaning agent because it is a solvent for organic substances such as fats, oils, and resins and is also used in the preparation of certain dyes and paints. Benzine is a mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly alkanes such as pentane and hexane. It is obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum.

benzine

[′ben‚zēn]

(materials)

petroleum benzin

benzine

, benzin

a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum

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