As nouns the difference between reagent and orcinol
is that reagent is a compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting while orcinol is a natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses.
reagent
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Noun
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en noun)
(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
Derived terms
* Benedict's reagent
* Brady's reagent
* Edman's reagent
* Ehrlich's reagent
* Froehde reagent
* Grignard reagent
* Kovac's reagent
* Liebermann reagent
* Melzer's reagent
* Molisch's reagent
* Sanger's reagent
* van Urk reagent
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orcinol
English
Noun
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wikipedia orcinol)
(organic compound) A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses.
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