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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Fluor

ene +

anth

racene.]

(Chem.)

A white crystalline hydrocarbon

C15H10

, of a complex structure, found as one ingredient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar.

See also: fluoranthène

fluoranthene ‎(plural fluoranthenes)

(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.

hydrocarbon