- published: 29 Mar 2016
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Phenol, also known as carbolic acid and phenic acid, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5OH. It is a white crystalline solid at room temperature. The molecule consists of a phenyl group (-C6H5) bonded to a hydroxyl group (-OH). It is mildly acidic, but requires careful handling due to its propensity to cause burns.
Phenol was first extracted from coal tar, but today is produced on a large scale (about 7 billion kg/year) using industrial processes. It is an important industrial commodity as a precursor to many materials and useful compounds. Its major uses involve its conversion to plastics or related materials. Phenol and its chemical derivatives are key for building polycarbonates, epoxies, Bakelite, nylon, detergents and a large collection of drugs and herbicides.
Phenol is appreciably soluble in water, with about 8.3 g dissolving in 100 mL (0.88 M). Homogeneous mixtures of phenol and water at phenol to water mass ratios of ~2.6 and higher are also possible. The sodium salt of phenol, sodium phenoxide, is far more water soluble.
Lights on the highway
Everyone's sleeping
The air is so cold
The sky has turned to black
I got your letter
Nothing's forever Something is over
I am sure you won't come back
It's a better thing for us
That's all that you said
Thanks for all that you gave me
Until this last day
I'm still calling and screaming
Your name with no sound
Maybe one day you'll hear me
But I'll spend tonight
Driving to nowhere
Driving to nowhere
Some say some good things
Break in a heartbeat
Same goes for us I
have to live with that
And I call myself blind
It's so late to realize
That I have wasted all this time
Running after you
Nothing hurts like the truth does
That's all I can say
Thanks for all that you gave me
Untill this last day
I'm still calling and screaming
Your name with no sound
Maybe one day you'll hear me
But I'll spend tonight
Driving to nowhere Driving to nowhere