Crossword clues for urethane
urethane
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. [F. ur['e]thane. See Urea; Ether.]
(Org. Chem.) A white crystalline substance, NH
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CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate or by heating urea nitrate and ethyl alcohol. It is used as a hypnotic, antipyretic, and antispasmodic. Hence, any ester of carbamic acid.
2. same as polyurethane.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context organic compound uncountable English) A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH2COOC2H5, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds. 2 (context organic chemistry countable English) Any compound of having this general structure. 3 (context informal English) polyurethane.
WordNet
n. an ester of carbamic acid
Wikipedia
Urethane may refer to:
- Ethyl carbamate, a chemical compound which is an ester of carbamic acid
- Polyurethane, a polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links
- Carbamate, an organic compound derived from carbamic acid
Usage examples of "urethane".
He used a foam brush to put one more coat of urethane on each tread of the stairs, then sprinkled granulated walnut shells on while it was still sticky.
Harvesting palm leaves in the deserts of California, the company uses a proprietary process to preserve them and then attaches them to tree trunks made of natural palm trunk material combined with urethane and fiberglass.
First the epoxy resin of the outer layer of paint, then the urethane intermediate coating, and the inorganic zinc primer, all those chemicals disassociated from their complex molecular structure and dissolved into atomic nuclei and electrons.
The recoil knocked him on his backside, and the burst tore up twenty feet of urethane ceiling panels, which jumped out of position and fell down onto the desks.
He looked up: by moving the urethane ceiling panels, he could go over the top.
The fat urethane wheels ran amazingly well over macadam, and on the first downslope, Ern found Lance spurting ahead with a few kicks.
Arena rock on the jukebox, silentfootball rerun on TV, tired men at the urethane bar, rough paneling andfishnets and glass globes.
They planned on giving the walls a second coat that evening, and, if everything went all right, Iris hoped she might even get a first coat of urethane on the floor by bedtime.
All around, there was a cloying, heavy smell of urethane and fresh paint.
That would refinish nicely, and could be done with this new urethane varnish, which is really incredibly tough.
The urethane bumper, so black and mat and trim, that gave Harry a small sensuous sensation whenever he touched the car home against the concrete parking-space divider at the place on the lot stencilled ANGSTROM, was pulled out from the frame.