ACENAPH  rHENE, C12H1o, a See also:

• HYDROCARBON

hydrocarbon isolated from the fraction of See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• TAR

tar boiling at 260°—270° by M . P . E . See also:

• BERTHELOT, MARCELLIN PIERRE EUGENE (1827–1907)

Berthelot, who, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Bardy, afterwards synthesized it from a-See also:

• ETHYL

ethyl See also:

• NAPHTHALENE, C

naphthalene (See also:

• ANN

Ann . Chem . Phys., 1873, vol. See also:

• XXIX

xxix.) . It forms See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white needles (from See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol), melts at 950 and boils at 2780 . Oxidation gives naphthalic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid (1.8 naphthalene dicarboxylic acid) . Acenaphthalene, C12 H8, a hydrocarbon crystallizing in yellow tables and obtained by passing the vapour of acenaphthene over heated litharge . See also:

• SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

Sodium See also:

• AMALGAM

amalgam reduces it to acenaphthene; chromic acid oxidizes it to naphthalic acid .