dioxin

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Colloquial (short) name of a toxic by-product (and sometimes contaminant) of herbicides; the full name of this species is: 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo[b,e][1,4]-dioxin.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2185 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'dioxin' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01750 RIS BibTex EndNote
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