Definition of "epichlorohydrin" [epichlorohydrin]

• A colorless liquid, C3H5OCl, used as a solvent in making resins. (noun)

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• "The EPA will follow that rulemaking by setting stricter standards for epichlorohydrin and acrylamide, which can contaminate drinking water through the water-treatment process."
• "The team succesfully reduced the size further using epichlorohydrin as a cross-linking agent."
• "However, its production involves use of epichlorohydrin as an intermediate."