mercaptan /mer·cap·tan/ (mer-kap´tan) thiol (2).
mercaptan (murkap´t
n),
mer·cap·tan (m r-k p tn )n. Any of a class of organic compounds in which the oxygen of an alcohol has been replaced by sulfur and which have distinctive, often disagreeable, odors. Also called thiol. |
mercaptan (murkap´t
n),n the basic ingredient of the polysulfide polymer employed in rubber base impression materials. See also Thiokol.
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