Polyethylene glycol
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q410083
Library of congress:
sh 92002568
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 92-16319: Poly(ethylene glycol) chemistry, c1992.
- Hackh chem. dict.
- Polymer science dict.
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Wikipedia description:
Polyethylene glycol (PEG; ) is a polyether compound derived from petroleum with many applications, from industrial manufacturing to medicine. PEG is also known as polyethylene oxide (PEO) or polyoxyethylene (POE), depending on its molecular weight. The structure of PEG is commonly expressed as H−(O−CH2−CH2)n−OH.
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