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thionyl
[ thahy-uh-nil ]
thionyl
/ ˈθaɪənɪl /
noun
- modifier of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group SO Alsosulphinyl
a thionyl group or radical
thionyl chloride
Word History and Origins
Origin of thionyl1
Example Sentences
This programme was terminated around 1990, after Mobay and Occidental, the two domestic manufacturers of the key ingredient thionyl chloride, refused to supply it because company policy forbade the sale of goods for use in weapons production.
Storerooms were filled with barrels of thionyl chloride — an industrial chemical listed under the CWC as having possible weapons uses.
The battery was a lithium thionyl chloride non- rechargeable.
The chemical is thionyl chloride, which is used in pesticides and plastics, but is also needed by the Army to make sarin, a lethal nerve agent.
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