Naphtha vs Benzene - What's the difference?
naphtha | benzene |
(dated) Naturally-occurring liquid petroleum.
Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
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(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
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As nouns the difference between naphtha and benzene
is that naphtha is naturally-occurring liquid petroleum while benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.naphtha
English
(wikipedia naphtha)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
- The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.
Derived terms
* napalm * naphthalenide * naphthalide * naphthalimide * naphthene * naphthenicbenzene
English
(wikipedia benzene)Noun
(en-noun)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene , another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}