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    A Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is any member of a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple fused aromatic rings. Most are produced...
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    nitrogen Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAHs) are aromatic hydrocarbons that consist of fused aromatic rings...
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  • Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Cl-PAHs) are a group of compounds comprising polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more aromatic rings...
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    Interstellar Emission Feature: A Tracer of N in the Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Population". The Astrophysical Journal. 632 (1): 316–332. Bibcode:2005ApJ...
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    flavonoids, polyphenols and indoles, as well as synthetic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxin-like compounds. AhR is a cytosolic transcription...
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    Cassini–Huygens space probe. Hydrocarbons are also abundant in nebulae forming polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. Burning hydrocarbons as fuel, which produces...
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    2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene (category Aromatic hydrocarbons)
    2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It is one of the ten dimethylnaphthalene isomers, which are derived from naphthalene...
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    Fluorene (category Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
    solvents. Although sometimes classified as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, the five-membered ring has no aromatic properties.[citation needed] Fluorene is...
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    Naphthalene (category Simple aromatic rings)
    organic compound with formula C 10H 8. It is the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and is a white crystalline solid with a characteristic odor...
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    to the mesh structure commonly seen in real chicken wire. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or graphenes—including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphite—have...
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    refined coal tar sealants are a significant contributor to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels in streams and creek beds and that the continual application...
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    Benzo(ghi)perylene (category Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
    Benzo[ghi]perylene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C22H12. Benzo[ghi]perylene occurs naturally in crude oil and coal tar...
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    Interstellar Emission Feature: A Tracer of N in the Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Population". Astrophysical Journal. 632 (1): 316–332. Bibcode:2005ApJ...
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  • "Synthesis and characterization of teranthene: A singlet biradical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having Kekulé structures". Journal of the American Chemical...
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    the term polycyclic includes polycyclic aromatic compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as heterocyclic aromatic compounds with...
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  • [better source needed] Most of the chemical compounds are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (4-rings: chrysene, fluoranthene, pyrene,...
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    and significantly lower (negligible and non-bioavailable) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content. Carbon black is used as a colorant and reinforcing...
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    Petroleum jelly contains mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH). Many MOAH, mainly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), are considered carcinogenic...
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    smoking them and for this reason they contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as benzo(a)pyrene, which are carcinogenic. It...
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    2-Methylnaphthalene (category Aromatic hydrocarbons)
    2-Methylnaphthalene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). On February 22, 2014, NASA announced a greatly upgraded database for detecting and monitoring...
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    Aihong; Zhang, Yanguo; Williams, Paul T. (16 October 2014). "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation from the Pyrolysis/Gasification of Lignin at Different...
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    Acenaphthylene (category Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
    Acenaphthylene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is an ortho- and peri-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon. The molecule resembles naphthalene with positions...
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    Carpathite is a very rare hydrocarbon mineral, consisting of exceptionally pure coronene (C24H12), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The name has been spelled...
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    petroleum coke classified as cokes or char. It can include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals like mercury. Soot causes various types of...
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  • including: Polycyclic musks Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Contorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Polycyclic group...
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    of hydrocarbons, both aliphatic (methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene) and aromatic (benzene and its derivates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; e.g...
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    10-Dihydroanthracene is an organic compound that is derived from the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon anthracene. Several isomers of dihydroanthracene are known...
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    rearrangements of aromatic hydrocarbons has since been expanded to isomerizations and automerizations of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The first...
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    Dibenzopyrenes (category Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
    Dibenzopyrenes are a group of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the molecular formula C24H14. There are five isomers of dibenzopyrene...
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  • chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), petroleum hydrocarbons (motor oil and fuel), and pesticides (including...
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