
Fluoranthene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of a naphthalene and a benzene unit connected by a five-membered ring. It is a member of the class of PAHs known as non-alternant PAHs because it has rings other than those with six carbon atoms. It is a structural isomer of the alternant PAH pyrene. It is not as thermodynamically ...
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• (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C/H/, of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar.
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Flu`or·an'thene noun [
Fluor ene +
anth racene.]
(Chemistry) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C
15 H
10 , of a complex structure, found as one ingredient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar.
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