phthalic : Idioms & Phrases

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Phthalic acid

  • noun a colorless acid used to make dyes and perfumes
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  • (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO2H)2, analogous to benzoic acid, and employed in the brilliant dyestuffs called the phthaleins.
Webster 1913

phthalic anhydride

  • noun a white cyclic anhydride
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