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- noun organic chemistry The
saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH3(CH2)4CH3).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wintek has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Wintek has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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China, has said it used hexyl hydride, also called n-hexane, from May 2008 to August 2009, but stopped after discovering it was making workers ill.
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"We required the facility to discontinue use of n-hexane, to fix the factory's ventilation systems," Apple said of the discovery.
Apple Discovers Shocking Abuses At Foreign Factories The Huffington Post 2011
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"We required the facility to discontinue use of n-hexane, to fix the factory's ventilation systems," Apple said of the discovery.
Apple Discovers Shocking Abuses At Foreign Factories The Huffington Post 2011
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Apple's reticence was heavily criticised last May, when at least 62 workers fell sick after inhaling n-hexane used to clean touch screens at a Wintek electronics factory in Suzhou.
Apple secretive about 'polluting and poisoning' supply chain, says report 2011
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An article in today's New York Times about workers sickened by n-hexane -- a potent neurotoxin used in Chinese manufacturing plants that produce iPhone components for Apple -- underscores the questions raised in my piece called "A Great Leap Backward" posted yesterday on The Pump Handle.
Elizabeth Grossman: The Great Leap Backward Elizabeth Grossman 2011
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Apple also discovered a facility that endangered their workers by exposing them to n-hexane, a chemical that reportedly left some workers unable to walk.
Apple Discovers Shocking Abuses At Foreign Factories The Huffington Post 2011
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An article in today's New York Times about workers sickened by n-hexane -- a potent neurotoxin used in Chinese manufacturing plants that produce iPhone components for Apple -- underscores the questions raised in my piece called "A Great Leap Backward" posted yesterday on The Pump Handle.
Elizabeth Grossman: The Great Leap Backward Elizabeth Grossman 2011
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Apple also discovered a facility that endangered their workers by exposing them to n-hexane, a chemical that reportedly left some workers unable to walk.
Apple Discovers Shocking Abuses At Foreign Factories The Huffington Post 2011
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