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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

χρυσόσ

gold.]

(Chem.)

One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance,

C18H12

, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.

See also: chrysène

chrysene ‎(countable and uncountable, plural chrysenes)

(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 1,2-benzphenanthrene, containing four fused benzene rings.

organic compound