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  • noun Plural form of polyalcohol.

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Examples

  • The Germany-based company said high demand for the engineering plastic butanediol, largely used in the automotive sector, and coating agents such as polyalcohols is expected to continue for the rest of the year.

    BASF Flags Price Rises as Profit Jumps Harriet Torry 2011

  • Alternatively, the acquisition of a new and energy-rich food source, that implies the increase of fat body, may increase the caloric energy by circulating metabolic substrates (lipids, proteins, polyalcohols, etc.), which are replenished by the fat body, and subsequently the tolerance to cold conditions, thus diminishing the selective pressure of the use of flight muscles to elevate body temperatures.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jos? R. Verd? et al. 2010

  • All are a colloid of nonpolar or semipolar solvents, fats, and polyalcohols; some contain pumice and some do not.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • The most important of the division's product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • The most important of the division's product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Tom Witzel, BASF group vice president of European diols and polyalcohols, says, "A withdrawal from maleic anhydride production in Feluy would help us to focus on our core intermediates business," in vertically integrated value chains such as butanediol and its derivatives, and polyalcohols.

    Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News 2009

  • Tom Witzel, BASF group vice president of European diols and polyalcohols, says, "A withdrawal from maleic anhydride production in Feluy would help us to focus on our core intermediates business," in vertically integrated value chains such as butanediol and its derivatives, and polyalcohols.

    Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News 2009

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