Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid cyclic ether, C4H8O, used as a solvent for natural and synthetic resins and in polymerization.
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- noun organic chemistry a
heterocyclic ether having a five-memberedring with fourcarbon atoms and oneoxygen ; it is a colourless liquid with an ether-like smell, and is used as a polarsolvent
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Examples
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Unlike other gels held together by relatively weak noncovalent forces, the new gel kept its shape even after sitting in the solvent tetrahydrofuran for six hours.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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Unlike other gels held together by relatively weak noncovalent forces, the new gel kept its shape even after sitting in the solvent tetrahydrofuran for six hours.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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(AFPs) possess the ability to modify structure II (sII) tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate crystal morphologies by adhering to the hydrate surface and inhibiting growth in a similar fashion to the kinetic inhibitor poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010
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By then, the tetrahydrofuran has replaced almost all the water in the gel, Mynar says.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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By then, the tetrahydrofuran has replaced almost all the water in the gel, Mynar says.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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(AFPs) possess the ability to modify structure II (sII) tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate crystal morphologies by adhering to the hydrate surface and inhibiting growth in a similar fashion to the kinetic inhibitor poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
Elites TV 2010
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(AFPs) possess the ability to modify structure II (sII) tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate crystal morphologies by adhering to the hydrate surface and inhibiting growth in a similar fashion to the kinetic inhibitor poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010
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(AFPs) possess the ability to modify structure II (sII) tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate crystal morphologies by adhering to the hydrate surface and inhibiting growth in a similar fashion to the kinetic inhibitor poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
Elites TV 2010
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All Reagent grade tetrahydrofuran (THF) and diethyl ether (Et2O) were distilled under nitrogen over sodium benzophenone ketyl.
Next Big Future 2010
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The UCLA group studied the phenomenon for electron-transfer reactions of sodium atoms in a bath of tetrahydrofuran molecules.
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