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mercaptan /mer·cap·tan/ (mer-kap´tan) thiol (2).
mer·cap·tan (mr-kptn)
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Any of a class of organic compounds in which the oxygen of an alcohol has been replaced by sulfur and which have distinctive, often disagreeable, odors.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.
thiol [thi´ol]
1. sulfhydryl.
2. any organic compound containing the —SH group bound to carbon.
mercaptan (murkap´tn),
n the basic ingredient of the polysulfide polymer employed in rubber base impression materials. See also Thiokol.
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