An older name for benzene or crude benzene extract, especially when derived from coal tar; a volatile flammable liquid.
From 'benzoin' + the suffix '-ol' (indicating a liquid), an early nomenclature before 'benzene' became standard. Popular in 19th-century chemistry and industry.
Benzol was the original rockstar of the Industrial Revolution—distilled from coal tar during coke production, it fueled the dye industry and chemical manufacturing that transformed the 1800s!
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