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acetyl benzoyl peroxide

noun

Definition of acetyl benzoyl peroxide

: a white crystalline compound CH3COO2COC6H5 that is explosive when pure and is used in germicidal preparations and for initiating polymerization processes

First Known Use of acetyl benzoyl peroxide

1913, in the meaning defined above

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