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[[File: | [[File:Turpentine-still-making-tar-and-turpentine-1891.jpg|250px|thumb|]]'''Turpentine''' (also called '''spirit of turpentine''', '''oil of turpentine''', '''wood turpentine''' and colloquially '''turps''') is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from live trees, mainly pines. | ||
It is mainly used as a [[solvent (nonfiction)]] and as a source of materials for organic synthesis. | It is mainly used as a [[solvent (nonfiction)]] and as a source of materials for organic synthesis. | ||
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File:PostcardTurpentineWorkers1912.jpg|link=Turpentine|[[Turpentine]] workers (1912). | |||
File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000_small.png|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] uploads [[Turpentine delight]] into Brer Rabbit. | File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000_small.png|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] uploads [[Turpentine delight]] into Brer Rabbit. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 22 June 2016
Turpentine (also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, wood turpentine and colloquially turps) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from live trees, mainly pines.
It is mainly used as a solvent (nonfiction) and as a source of materials for organic synthesis.
Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene.
The word turpentine derives (via French and Latin) from the Greek word τερεβινθίνη terebinthine, the name of a species of tree, the terebinth tree.
Mineral turpentine or other petroleum distillates are used to replace turpentine, but they are very different chemically.
In the News
Turpentine workers (1912).
Tar-Baby 9000 uploads Turpentine delight into Brer Rabbit.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Turpentine @ Wikipedia