ethylene glycol
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[edit]- (organic chemistry) An organic compound, HO-CH2-CH2-OH, and the chemical structure at right. It is a clear, colorless liquid under normal conditions, and is widely used as a vehicle engine coolant due to its anti-freeze properties.
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New I.C.I. block tank train”, in Modern Railways, page 224:
- It is concerned in the manufacture of ethylene glycol, a principal raw material in the production of Terylene, and a block train of eleven 25-ton tank wagons, designed by I.C.I., has been specially constructed by B.R. to convey output to I.C.I.'s Wilton works in North Yorkshire.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 50:
- ‘Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol, rather good stuff.’
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[edit](organic chemistry) organic compound HO-CH2-CH2-OH
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