(n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.
(n.) Same as Benzene.
Example Sentences:
(1) Plasma samples were extracted three times using ethylacetate and petroleum benzine; this yielded optically clear samples which after evaporation were dissolved in the HPLC solvent and injected onto an RP-C18 column, with ultraviolet detection at 290 nm.
(2) Hexane, a constituent of glue and benzine, is cardiotoxic; marked derangement in myocardial electrolytes and a reduced ventricular fibrillation threshold, indicating an increased myocardial vulnerability to arrhythmias, was noted in the experimental animals.
(3) Examination is performed on 60 workers at the age 30 to 55 years old, in contact with organic solvents: benzine, toluene, benzol, acetone, etc., which are above the maximum admissible concentrations (MAC).
(4) Insecticides or an inhaled agent such as benzine or a glue solvent may cause hypoplastic anemia.
(5) The livers of two groups of rabbits exposed to longer lasting intoxication, one with benzine vapours and the other one with ethyline vapours, were subjected to examination in an electron microscope twice; immediately after the completion of intoxication and then 3 months later.
(6) Leading noxa in the production of high-octane aviation benzine (production "sulfur acidic alkylation", are the sulphur containing organic compounds, hydrogen sulphide, and in some working places--hydrocarbons (benzine and aromatic); in the production of "Ethylene" and "Polypropylene" leading noxae are the saturated hydrocarbons, and the sulphur-containing organic compounds as well as the unsaturated hydrocarbons (ethylene and propylene).
(7) In a prospective randomized study different regimens for skin and umbilical disinfection in newborn infants were tested: daily whole body soap wash (control group), daily whole body soap wash and umbilical cleansing with (i) benzine solution, or (ii) 0.05% chlorhexidine, and daily whole body wash and umbilical cleansing with a 4% chlorhexidine detergent solution (Hibiscrub).
(8) Three types of skin pretreatments (stripping with adhesive tape, scrubbing with Skin-Pure jelly, and cleaning with benzine) were studied in 21 volunteers to determine whether the pretreatments could shorten the application period of transdermal 3% GA MHPh 2Na-10% lidocaine gel.
(9) Thus our group has already deposed several patents and is now working on a complex hemoglobin-dextran benzine tetracarboxylate which appears promising.
(10) The studies covered 21 workers chronically exposed to benzine and tetrachloroethylene.
(11) Examination are carried out on 236 workers from three productions of oil-processing industry, who are exposed to the effect of hydrocarbons--saturated from the ethylene order, saturated (benzine), aromatic and sulphuric compounds--sulphur-containing organic, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur dioxide.
(12) Spread of benzine evaporation has been considered as a possible source as well.
(13) The analysis was undertaken in 572 workers exposed to such solvents as toluene, xylene, cresols and benzine.
(14) A number of observations of subjects with long-term exposure to benzine and benzene homologues are quoted.
(15) Cryostate sections of tissues preliminarily frozen in benzine cooled with liquid nitrogen are recommended for use in a histological for use in a histological and histoenzymological study of the thyroid gland.
Petrol
Definition:
(n.) Petroleum.
Example Sentences:
(1) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
(2) Here petrol is practically a free gift,” Arias said.
(3) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
(4) The closest town of any size is Burns, population 2,806, where you should stock up on petrol, food and water before heading south into the wilderness on the 66-mile Steens Mountain Backcountry Byway.
(5) Tesco, the UK’s biggest petrol retailer with 499 outlets and more than 16% market share, cut petrol and diesel by 1p a litre at all of its petrol stations from lunchtime on Thursday.
(6) While demand in the US remains sluggish, Toyota has benefited at home from a revival in demand for its Prius petrol-electric hybrid, Japan's best-selling passenger car for the past five months.
(7) He reduced the standard rate to 8%, but introduced a higher rate of 12.5% for petrol and some luxury goods, doubling the upper rate later that year to 25% before lowering it in 1976.
(8) Shell, along with other oil companies, has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading of profiteering on the UK petrol forecourt, but the $27bn annual earnings figure underlines the enormous global profits being made "upstream" – bringing oil and gas out of the ground.
(9) That is 3.1% over the year and today's figures show that Britain is coming back ... For the first time in a decade all three main sectors of the economy have grown by at least 3% in the past year," he said in answer to a question about the price of petrol.
(10) The Unite union, which represents petrol tanker drivers, said there was no threat of a strike over the Easter period and it was focused on talks through the conciliation service Acas.
(11) Petrol car registrations rose by 3.4%, while diesel vehicles saw a slight 0.6% decline in registrations.
(12) Supporters of all parties want more action to cut the cost of petrol.
(13) He not only wouldn’t increase tax on petrol, he gave extra help to those extracting fossil fuel.
(14) This tends to push buyers behind the wheel of a diesel, which usually produces less CO2 than an equivalent petrol.
(15) But anyone who dreams that Germany’s warmth provides more than a sticking plaster to Europe’s migration crisis should have seen the scene half a mile south of the petrol station on Sunday.
(16) Customers posting on Twitter reported having their cards refused in shops, petrol stations and restaurants, as well as not being able to see their balances or withdraw cash at the bank's ATMs.
(17) It was the highest level in more than two years, driven higher by clothing and petrol prices, in a sign that the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote is fuelling a rise in the cost of living.
(18) But the task remains to move the country's remaining fossil fuel-dependent sectors to clean technology: Iceland's fishing fleet, cars and buses, which run on oil and petrol, ironically make the country one of the highest per head greenhouse gas emitters in Europe .
(19) Insecurity has led to panic buying of fuel, with long, chaotic queues at petrol stations.
(20) An attempt to contain juvenile petrol abuse at Elcho Island in the Northern Territory of Australia is described.