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== Description == | == Description == | ||
It is mainly used as a solvent and as a source of materials for organic synthesis. | It is mainly used as a [[solvent (nonfiction)]] and as a source of materials for organic synthesis. | ||
Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene. | Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene. | ||
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Turpentine (also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, wood turpentine and colloquially turps) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from live trees, mainly pines.
Description
It is mainly used as a solvent (nonfiction) and as a source of materials for organic synthesis.
Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene.
The word turpentine derives (via French and Latin) from the Greek word τερεβινθίνη terebinthine, the name of a species of tree, the terebinth tree (nonfiction).
Mineral turpentine or other petroleum distillates are used to replace turpentine, but they are very different chemically.
Nonfiction cross-reference
Fiction cross-reference
External links
- Turpentine @ Wikipedia