Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to fat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
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- adjective organic chemistry Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
- adjective organic chemistry Of, or derived from
adipic acid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed in response to this, starting in May 2013, the EU has banned companies covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from using CERs from HFC-23 and N2O adipic acid industrial gas projects.
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Europe and South Korea of adipic acid, a chemical used to make nylon.
China Sets Antidumping Probe Martin Vaughn 2010
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In June, China imposed new barriers on U.S. and European Union exports of adipic acid, an industrial chemical used to make nylon and polyester resin.
Protectionism Exposed Chad P. Bown 2009
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The ETS would also expand beyond CO2 to include nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from nitric, adipic, and glyoxalic acid production, and perofluorocarbon (PFC) emissions from the aluminum sector.
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The average cost of producing adipic acid was just over $1,750 a metric ton in June, while the sales prices in the benchmark Chinese market were barely higher, at around $1,800 a metric ton, according to industry consultant PCI Nylon GmbH.
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There are no such U.N. constraints on adipic-acid production, Mr. Barry says, since there's demand for the finished product, given its importance in manufacturing nylon.
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If Rhodia's adipic acid at Onsan generates a profit of $50 or so a metric ton, that's worth $7.5 million a year.
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By the 1990s, most adipic-acid producers in the U.S. and Europe started to voluntarily cut their emissions under pressure from environmentalists.
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Mr. Rosier declined to comment on the relative profitability of adipic acid and pollution credits.
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Rhodia SA, manufactures hundreds of tons a day of adipic acid, an ingredient in nylon, at its factory here.
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