Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The univalent hydrocarbon group C6H13.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hypothetical radical (C6H13) of the sixth member of the monovalent series of alcohols.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (chem.) A univalent organic radical, C6H13-, regarded as the essential residue of
hexane , and a related series of compounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Either of many
isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C6H13, formally derived fromhexane by the loss of ahydrogen atom
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Examples
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The letter alleged workers had been harmed by a chemical called hexyl hydride, used in manufacturing touch screens for Apple products.
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Normal butyric acid or fermentation butyric acid is found in butter, as an hexyl ester in the oil of _Heracleum giganteum_ and as an octyl ester in parsnip (_Pastinaca sativa_); it has also been noticed in the fluids of the flesh and in perspiration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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"From when hexyl hydride was used, monthly profits at Apple and Wintek have gone up by tens of millions every month, the accumulated outcome of workers' lives and health," said the letter, signed by five workers claiming to represent employees.
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Wintek has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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China, has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
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Wintek has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Wintek, owner of the factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, said it has reserved 10 million yuan for compensation to the workers affected by the chemical hexyl hydride, and will pay more if the illness continues.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Wintek, owner of the factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, said it has reserved 10 million yuan for compensation to the workers affected by the chemical hexyl hydride, and will pay more if the illness continues.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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I hope they can stand up and apologise to us, said Jia Jingchuan, a 27-year-old production technician for Wintek who said he fell ill from the hexyl hydride, which workers said was used to clean iPhone touch screens.
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HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, LINALOOL, BENZYL BENZOATE, CITRONELLOL, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LIMONENE, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE. hexyl cinnamal, is a common additive in perfume and cosmetic industry as aroma substance.
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