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monobromonaphthalene

monobromonaphthalene noun: a volatile oily liquid, C₁₀H₇Br, used as an embedding agent in microscopy and as an immersion fluid for determining the refractive index of crystals.

Noun

monobromonaphthalene (countable and uncountable, plural monobromonaphthalenes)

  1. A volatile oily liquid, C₁₀H₇Br, used as an embedding agent in microscopy and as an immersion fluid for determining the refractive index of crystals.
    • Subsequently we investigated the influence of a mixture of ferric chloride and bromine on monobromonaphthalene.1912, Journal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, page 527
    • Even 10-15 min treatment at low temperature in saturated aqueous solution of monobromonaphthalene may bring about the desired representation of chromosome morphology in certain groups of plants.2020, Archarna Sharma, Chromosome Techniques, page 5

Forms of monobromonaphthalene

pluralmonobromonaphthalenes

Questions about monobromonaphthalene

What does monobromonaphthalene mean?
Monobromonaphthalene means a volatile oily liquid, C₁₀H₇Br, used as an embedding agent in microscopy and as an immersion fluid for determining the refractive index of crystals.
What part of speech is monobromonaphthalene?
Monobromonaphthalene is a noun.
What is the plural of monobromonaphthalene?
The plural of monobromonaphthalene is monobromonaphthalenes.

Words near monobromonaphthalene in the dictionary

  1. monobromized
  2. monobromoacetanilide
  3. monobromobenzene
  4. monobromobimane
  5. monobromoindirubin
  6. monobromonaphthalene
  7. monobromonaphthalenes
  8. monobronchodilator
  9. monobrow
  10. monobrowed
  11. monobrows

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