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cyclic compound
(Encyclopedia)cyclic compound, any one of a class of compounds whose molecules contain a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed chain or ring. If all of the atoms that form the ring are carbon, the compou...ring compound
(Encyclopedia)ring compound: see aromatic compound. ...chain compound
(Encyclopedia)chain compound: see aliphatic compound. ...Glauber's salt
(Encyclopedia)Glauber's salt, common name for sodium sulfate decahydrate, Na2SO4·10H2O; it occurs as white or colorless monoclinic crystals. Upon exposure to fairly dry air it effloresces, forming powdery anhydrou...Seignette salt
(Encyclopedia)Seignette salt: see Rochelle salt. ...Rochelle salt
(Encyclopedia)Rochelle salt, colorless to blue-white orthorhombic crystalline salt with a saline, cooling taste. It is also called Seignette salt after Pierre Seignette, an apothecary of La Rochelle, France, who wa...compound eye
(Encyclopedia)compound eye: see eye.aliphatic compound
(Encyclopedia)aliphatic compound ălˌəfătˈĭk [key], any of a large class of organic compounds whose carbon atoms are joined together in straight or branched open chains rather than in rings. The hydrocarbons o...Salt-n-Pepa
(Encyclopedia)Salt-n-Pepa: see Rap music.rock salt
(Encyclopedia)rock salt: see sodium chloride.Browse by Subject
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