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Pyr-, Pyro-  pref.  Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.






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... determination of paraffine is the following: The most volatile portions of the petroleum are separated by distillation, until the thermometer shows 200 deg. C. These portions are separated, as they exert great solvent action upon paraffine. At the same time he finds that no pyro-paraffine is formed under this temperature. A weighed portion of the residue is taken and mixed with ten parts by weight of amyl alcohol and ten parts of seventy-five per cent. ethyl alcohol: the mixture is ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various



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