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Naphthalene

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Naphthalenes
possessive
Naphthalene's
pluralpossessive
Naphthalenes'