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What does biphenyl mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C12H10, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond
  2. (organic chemistry) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs
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Aromatic polyimides having axially dissymmetric 2,2' bis biphenyl units.
Dioxins, also called polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, are a group of organic compounds with one to 10 chlorines attached to biphenyl.
In addition, Swann's enterprises developed a method for converting benzene to biphenyl, a heat transfer medium essential to numerous safety and health products.
They found that the active ingredients in the magnolia extracts were two biphenyl compounds, honokiol and magnolol.
This is an important convention, as it provides for the safe disposal of persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyl.
Typical oils are castor oil, canola oil, mineral oil, ethyl hexyl phthalate, phenyl xylyl ethane, isopropyl biphenyl and polydimethyl siloxane.

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