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Diethyl ether

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH₃-CH₂-O-CH₂-CH₃. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic. uncountable

    "Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml."

  2. 2
    a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic wordnet

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