biphenyl
noun
bi·phe·nyl
(ˌ)bī-ˈfe-nᵊl 
-ˈfē-
-ˈfē-
: a white crystalline hydrocarbon C6H5·C6H5 used especially as a heat-transfer medium and in organic synthesis
also
: a derivative of biphenyl
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Five of the nine worked, giving researchers strains that could digest biphenyl, phenol, napthalene, DBF, and toluene.
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Swann had financed the conversion of benzene into biphenyl, and now biphenyl into PCBs.
—Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
Swann had financed the conversion of benzene into biphenyl, and now biphenyl into PCBs.
—Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
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biphenyl
noun
bi·phe·nyl
(ˈ)bī-ˈfen-ᵊl
-ˈfēn-
-ˈfēn-
: a white crystalline hydrocarbon C6H5·C6H5
called also diphenyl
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