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octaethyleneglycol

octaethyleneglycol is the alternative form of octaethylene glycol.

Meaning of octaethylene glycol

Noun

octaethylene glycol (uncountable)

  1. A short-chain polyethylene glycol made of eight ethylene oxide units with a hydroxyl group at each end. It is a water-soluble, flexible polyether used mainly as an industrial intermediate, surfactant component, and chemical spacer in polymer and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Questions about octaethyleneglycol

What is octaethyleneglycol the alternative form of?
Octaethyleneglycol is the alternative form of octaethylene glycol.

Words near octaethyleneglycol in the dictionary

  1. octaeteric
  2. octaeterides
  3. octaeteris
  4. octaethyl
  5. octaethylene glycol
  6. octaethyleneglycol
  7. octaethylporphyrin
  8. octaethylporphyrins
  9. octafinal
  10. octafluoride
  11. octafluorides

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