Cardol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cardol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) An oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) An oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.
Example Sentences
This technical oil is dark colored; even after distillation it darkens again, supposedly due to its cardol content.
The caustic oil of Anacardium is composed of approximately 82% anacardic acid, 13.8% cardol, 2.6% 2-methyl cardol, and 1.6% cardanol (Tyman 1976)
Even though the source of cardanol and cardol used in the study was not CNSL , it is worthwhile to mention that the observations obtained can be applicable to cardanol from CNSL as well.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cardanol, cedrol, cardanolide, anacardol, salol-camphor, cardamomin.
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