cresol
/kree-sawl, -sol/US // ˈkri sɔl, -sɒl //UK // (ˈkriːsɒl) //
甲酚,甲醇,甲酚类,甲酚类物质
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C7H8O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
Examples
Crsylite is a French explosive, and contains picric acid and nitrated cresol.
The water in these buckets is not meant for drinking, and therefore contains a little cresol to prevent prisoners drinking it.
The floor and the lower part of the chambers are treated with cresol; the upper part is whitewashed.
They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless.
Among the substances deserving mention under this head we have indol, skatol, cresol, and phenol.
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