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Toluene vs Btex - What's the difference?

toluene | btex | initialism |

Toluene is a initialism of btex.


As a noun toluene

is toluene (liquid hydrocarbon).

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.

toluene

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.

    • Synonyms

    * methylbenzene * phenylmethane

    External links

    * (wikipedia "toluene") ----

    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")