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▸ noun: (organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
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▸ noun: (organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
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asphaltane,
preasphaltene,
maltene,
aromatic,
arylhydrocarbon,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon,
anthanthrene,
aromatic compound,
benzonaphthothiophene,
acenaphthene,
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