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Written by tom
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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Also known as aminobenzene, phenylamine, aminophen, and aniline oil and, when first made, krystallin and kyanol. A yellowish, oily liquid of the composition C6H5 • NH2 boiling at 184.4oC, freezing at - 6.2oC, and soluble in alcohol, benzene, and hydrochloric acid. The specific gravity is 1.022. It turns brown in the air, finally oxidizing into a resin. The vapor is toxic, and it is poisonous in contact with the skin, requiring protective handling. Its largest uses are in the making of dyes and rubber chemicals, but it is also used for the production of plastics, drugs, explosives, perfumes, and flavors. With nitric acid as an oxidizer it has been used as a rocket fuel. Aniline salt is aniline hydrochloride, C6H5NH2HC1, coming in white crystalline plates of specific gravity 1.2215, melting at 198oC and soluble in alcohol.
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