Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless volatile liquid, C5H8, used chiefly to make synthetic rubber.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrocarbon (C5-H8), one of the hemiterpenes, produced in the destructive distillation of india-rubber or gutta-percha, and also obtainable from oil of turpentine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An oily, volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon (C5H8), obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or gutta-percha, and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, it is viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry An
unsaturated hydrocarbon , C5H8, that isreadily polymerized ;natural rubber (caoutchouc ) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present ingutta-percha andbalata ; it is thestructural basis for theterpenes .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The process can use sugars derived from sugar cane, corn, corn cobs, switchgrass or other biomass to produce the ingredient, a biochemical called isoprene, derived from renewable raw materials.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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The process can use sugars derived from sugar cane, corn, corn cobs, switchgrass or other biomass to produce the ingredient, a biochemical called isoprene, derived from renewable raw materials.
Medindia Health News 2010
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A tanker hauling isoprene, which is a liquid used to make synthetic rubber, overturned on I-68 going westbound near the 21st mile marker.
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We also extended the mechanism to include aromatic hydrocarbons, and biogenics such as isoprene and terpenes; those wound up being closer to explicit/surrogate mechanisms.
Taking Your Lumps James Killus 2008
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We also extended the mechanism to include aromatic hydrocarbons, and biogenics such as isoprene and terpenes; those wound up being closer to explicit/surrogate mechanisms.
Archive 2008-02-01 James Killus 2008
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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Of 11 other compounds monitored, only isoprene, a natural component of exhaled breath, was significantly elevated on the third day after vaccination, possibly reflecting airway oxidative stress, researchers said.
Dental Exams May Help Diagnose Diabetes Ann Lukits 2011
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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About one billion car tires are made each year and roughly a quarter of each tire is made from isoprene, with each single tire using about seven gallons of crude oil.
Sugar Plus Science Equals $150,000 Tires Jens Hansegard 2010
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