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= = Xylene
 * Chemical and Physical Properties: **

 ** Structural Formula: **
 * Sweet Smelling
 * Highly Flammable
 * Melting Point: -47.4 degrees C
 * Boiling Point: 138.5 degrees C
 * Molar Mass: 106.16 g/mol
 * Density: 0.86 g/mL
 * Appearance: Clear, colorless liquid
 * Solubility: insoluble in water, soluble in non-polar solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons


 * C8H10
 * C6H4(CH3)2
 * C6H4C2H6


 * Uses: **

Xylene is a great solvent. Xylene is found in/used with:
 * Gasoline and Airplane fuel
 * Plastic bottles
 * Polyester Clothing
 * Ink
 * Adhesives
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rubber
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leather
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paint thinners
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dissolves “gutta percha,” a material used in root canal treatments


 * ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Synthesized: ** **Xylene represents about .5-1% of crude oil
 * ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Catalytic reforming: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chemical process used to convert low octane petroleum to high octane petroleum
 * =====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Achieved by extraction and distillation =====
 * =====** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Coal carbonization- **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Process of turning organic substances into carbon such as coal gas or coal tar =====
 * =====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For example, carbonization of vegetable matter generates fossil fuels =====



** Sources: ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylene http://www.google.com/imgres?q=xylene&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1259&bih=611&tbm=isch&tbnid=gf3lRiEqvcb5VM:&imgrefurl=http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Xylene&docid=pxkt9OBvNRJekM&imgurl=http://toxipedia.org/download/attachments/3736/xylene.gif%253Fversion%253D1%2526modificationDate%253D1183244347000&w=402&h=213&ei=9SutT6mcDpDKiAKq9LG-Bw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=91&vpy=51&dur=1187&hovh=163&hovw=309&tx=145&ty=120&sig=111882769166929360996&page=1&tbnh=112&tbnw=211&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:79&surl=1