chlorinated hydrocarbon

collocation in English

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chlorinated
adjective
uk
/ˈklɔː.rɪ.neɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈklɔːr.ə.neɪ.t̬ɪd/
having had the chemical chlorine added, usually to ...
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hydrocarbon
noun[C]
uk
/ˌhaɪ.drəʊˈkɑː.bən/us
/ˌhaɪ.droʊˈkɑːr.bən/
a chemical combination of hydrogen and carbon, such as in oil ...
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(Definition ofchlorinatedandhydrocarbonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many commentators have implicated lindane, achlorinatedhydrocarbonpoison present in our environment, in the incidence of breast cancer.
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Murexide and methyl red are investigated as promising enhancers of sonochemical destruction ofchlorinatedhydrocarbonpollutants.
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Sincechlorinatedhydrocarbonpesticides dissolve in fats and are not excreted, organisms tend to retain them almost indefinitely.
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Dieldrin is achlorinatedhydrocarboninsecticide widely used in crop protection and preservation.
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Even though residence time and temperature are carefully controlled, it produces significant quantities ofchlorinatedhydrocarbonside products.
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All of these chemicals arechlorinatedhydrocarboncompounds (also known as organochlorides) with known toxicities.
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It has the highest solvent power of anychlorinatedhydrocarbon.
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After 1947,chlorinatedhydrocarboninsecticides of many varieties were found to be effective at the low concentrations practical for preservative treatment.
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Thirty-one proteins were found that showed quantitative differences attributable to treatment with chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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Of these various alternatives, air stripping of extracted water followed by thermal oxidation of the volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons was selected as the preferred option.
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I think that my noble friend is referring to benzine hexachloride and chlorinated hydrocarbons of that nature.
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As has been said by other speakers in the debate, that particularly applies to the chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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Will he also bear in mind that a system of priorities would be useful when considering chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides and such things?
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Of these, 20 contained residues of the chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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He talked about the chlorinated hydrocarbons, of which some are more poisonous than others.
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He may have noticed that chlorinated hydrocarbons, which we were discussing at that time, have now become organochlorine chemicals.
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The build-up of certain chlorinated hydrocarbons in the soil and in food chains was not, and could not have been, foreseen when these chemicals first came into use.
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Both methods yield chlorinated hydrocarbons, chlorinated acetaldehydes, and acetic acid as byproducts.
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Like other chlorinated hydrocarbons, chloroethane has been used as a refrigerant, an aerosol spray propellant, an anesthetic, and a blowing agent for foam packaging.
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Like other chlorinated hydrocarbons, it is a central nervous system depressant, albeit a less potent one than many similar compounds.
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