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Ethylbenzene vs Btex - What's the difference?

ethylbenzene | btex | initialism |

As a noun ethylbenzene

is the hydrocarbon C6H5-CH2CH3 that is used in the production of styrene.

As an initialism BTEX is

benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ortho-, meta-, and para- xylenes: toxic VOCs commonly found together, used in the chemical analysis of air and water to determine their quality and purity.

ethylbenzene

English

Noun

(wikipedia ethylbenzene)
  • (organic compound) The hydrocarbon C6H5-CH2CH3 that is used in the production of styrene

    • btex

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ortho-, meta-, and para- xylenes: toxic VOCs commonly found together, used in the chemical analysis of air and water to determine their quality and purity.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "BTEX")