- highly volatile liquid
- Sakhalin R: HVL
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
volatile — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
volatile — [[t]vɒ̱lətaɪl, AM t(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A situation that is volatile is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly. There have been riots before and the situation is volatile... The international oil markets have been highly volatile since the … English dictionary
volatile — vol|a|tile [ˈvɔlətaıl US ˈva:lətl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin volatilis, from volare to fly ] 1.) a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning ▪ an increasingly volatile political situation ▪ the highly … Dictionary of contemporary English
Volatile organic compound — Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or… … Wikipedia
Chemistry: A Volatile History — is a 2010 BBC documentary on the history of chemistry presented by Jim Al Khalili. It was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual. Contents 1 Episode 1 – Discovering the Elements 1.1… … Wikipedia
Hydrogen cyanide — IUPAC name … Wikipedia
Furan — This article is about the chemical industrial compound. For the unintentional contaminant byproduct, see Polychlorinated dibenzofurans. For other uses, see Furan (disambiguation). Furan … Wikipedia
epichlorohydrin — |epə̇, |epē+ noun Etymology: epi + chlorohydrin : a volatile liquid toxic epoxide C3H5ClO having an odor like chloroform, made usually by alkaline hydrolysis of dichlorohydrins, and used chiefly in making epoxy resins * * * /ep i klawr euh huy… … Useful english dictionary
cyanide — /suy euh nuyd , nid/, n., v., cyanided, cyaniding. n. 1. Also, cyanid /suy euh nid/. Chem. a. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN. b. a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C2H3N. v.t. 2. to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to… … Universalium
cyanide poisoning — harmful effects of inhaling hydrogen cyanide or of ingesting the salts of hydrogen cyanide, called cyanides. Hydrogen cyanide, also known as hydrocyanic acid, or Hcn, is a highly volatile liquid used to prepare acrylonitrile, which is used… … Universalium
cyanogen — 1. A compound of two cyano radicals, NC CN. 2. Highly toxic compounds (general formula X CN, where X is a halogen) that are used in chemical syntheses and as tissue preservatives. An example is c. bromide. c. chloride CNCl; a highly volatile… … Medical dictionary