diphenylbutadiene

noun

Any diphenyl derivative of butadiene, but especially trans,trans-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene

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Meanings

noundiphenylbutadiene (countable and uncountable, plural diphenylbutadienes)

plural diphenylbutadienes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny diphenyl derivative of butadiene, but especially trans,trans-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene

    A first prototype has been developed relying on the low density and high light yield of the diphenylbutadiene doped para-therphenyl organic scintillator.

    2015, Elena Solfaroli Camillocci, Fabio Bellini, Valerio Bocci, Francesco Collamati, Erika De Lucia, Riccardo Faccini, Michela Marafini, Ilaria Mattei, Silvio Morganti, Riccardo Paramatti, Vincenzo Patera, Davide Pinci, Luigi Recchia, Andrea Russomando, Alessio Sarti, Adalberto Sciubba, Martina Senzacqua, Cecilia Voena, “Polycrystalline para-terphenyl scintillator adopted in a β⁻ detecting probe for radio-guided surgery”, in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, volume 620

Origin

From diphenyl + butadiene.

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