solvent
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Specifically, that 2001 testing showed the carcinogenic solvent and dry-cleaning chemical perchloroethylene, or PCE, in the soil at levels as high as 6,658 micrograms per liter, said Alysa Pakkidis, information officer for the agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sallee said the Legislature’s priorities were to balance spending from the various trust funds on early-childhood education and other social programs with ensuring that the state’s general fund was solvent enough to keep taxes down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Instead of relying on the solvent intensive chemical process commonly used to manufacture synthetic DNA, the device uses a water based enzymatic approach.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Instead, it relies on the unique way lithium ions interact with water molecules inside a solvent that changes behavior depending on temperature.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
“Are you sure the business is sound? It seems strange to me that a solvent business cannot pay its employees promptly.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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However, that process depends on hazardous organic solvents and typically requires specialized centralized facilities.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The cost of some organic solvents Ajinomoto uses is creeping up, and suppliers have warned they may pass on more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The segments are broken up or mixed with solvents before being put through a chromatography process.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
He showed Charles Chappell into a second-floor room that contained a table, medical instruments, and bottles of solvents.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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