Nonylphenol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonylphenol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.
Example Sentences
Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.
Word Forms
- nonylphenols
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include octylphenol, alkylphenol, nonoxynol, acylphenol, alkylphenone, allylphenol.
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