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Eupion

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. 65, well, 7riwv, fat), a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, probably a pentane, C 5 H 12, discovered by K. Reichenbach in wood-tar. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils. It is a colourless highly volatile and inflammable liquid, having at 20° C. a specific gravity of 0.65.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Eupion'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/eupion.html. 1910.
 
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