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Coal tar   /koʊl tɑr/   Listen
Coal tar

noun
1.
A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds.





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"Coal tar" Quotes from Famous Books



... surrounding the almost universal use of the oddly named commercial and with few exceptions record inks, and the so-called modern paper, is the motive for the writing of this book. The numerous color products of coal tar, now so largely employed in the preparation of ink, and the worse material utilized in the manufacture of the hard- finished writing papers, menace the future preservation of public and other records. ...
— Forty Centuries of Ink • David N. Carvalho


Words linked to "Coal tar" :   tar, pitch, naphthalene


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