Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oily hydrocarbon of the benzene series, C6H4(CH3)2; paradimethylbenzene. It is found in tar-oil and Galician petroleum, and is also made synthetically. It boils at 138° C. It can be solidified in a freezing mixture, and then melts at 15° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf.
metamer , andxylene .
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- noun An
aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of abenzene with twomethyl substituents
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also hampered by the quake are producers of paraxylene, which is used in plastic beverage bottles, with 24 percent of Japan's capacity offline, Eramo said.
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The protest was aimed at a privately owned chemical plant called Fujia, which makes paraxylene, a petrochemical used to create raw materials for the production of polyester film and fabrics.
China Bows to Plant Protesters James T. Areddy 2011
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The protest was triggered by mounting fears over the safety of the factory, which makes paraxylene, a carcinogenic liquid used in the production of polyester films and fabric.
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The protest was triggered by mounting fears over the safety of the factory, which makes paraxylene, a carcinogenic liquid used in the production of polyester films and fabric.
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The Gujarat refinery, which commissioned Indian Oil's first petrochemical plant that makes linear alkyl benzene, used in detergents, is considering setting up a paraxylene and purified teraphthalic acid plant, which is used to make polyester.
Indian Oil to Expand Refining Capacity Rakesh Sharma 2011
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Reuters A resident held a paper reading 'Say no to PX paraxylene, give me back Dalian' Sunday during a protest demanding the relocation of the petrochemical plant in Dalian, in China's Liaoning province.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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For example, SK Global Chemical is mulling setting up a 1-million-ton-a-year paraxylene plant in Ulsan, possibly in a partnership with a Japanese company, Kim Kyoung-bae, head of corporate planning offices for SK Global Chemical, said during an investor relations session.
SK Innovation Profit More Than Doubles on Exports Min-Jeong Lee 2011
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And while similar protests have brought retaliation against organizers, they've also produced results: Residents opposed to a paraxylene plant in the city of Xiamen in southeastern China marched in protest against it in 2007, persuading planners to move it instead to a less-populated area of another southeastern city, Zhangzhou.
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Associated Press The protest was aimed at a privately-owned chemical plant called Fujia, which makes paraxylene, a petrochemical used to create raw materials for the production of polyester film and fabrics.
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Dalian authorities had already been considering moving the Fujia plant, which is capable of producing 700,000 tons of paraxylene annually, the newspaper China Business News said.
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