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p-xylene

colourless liquidChEBI: A xylene with methyl groups at positions 1 and 4.p-xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents with the chemical formula C8H10 or C6H4(CH3)2. It is one of the three isomers of dimethylbenzene known collectively as xylenes. The “p” stands for para, identifying that he two methyl groups in p-xylene occupy the diametrically opposite substituent positions 1 and 4. p-Xylene is a colorless, flammable liquid practically insoluble in water. p-

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GPIC awards FEED to Fluor for Bahrain aromatics project

GPIC awarded FEED to Fluor for a Bahrain aromatics project at the Sitra complex, with planned annual capacities of 1.2 million mt of p-xylene and 500,000 mt of benzene.

chemweek · 2026-07-25 00:37

Product Info

Name (EN)	p-Xylene
CAS No.	106-42-3
Molecular Formula	C8H10
HS Code	29024300
Type	product
Application	As solvent; raw material for production of benzoic acid, phthalic anhydride, isophthalic and terephthalic acids as well as their dimethyl esters used in the manufacture of polyester fibers; manufacture of dyes and other organics; sterilizing catgut; with Canada balsam as oil-immersion in microscopy;
Other Names (EN)	Benzene,1,4-dimethyl-;p-Xylene;1,4-Dimethylbenzene;p-Xylol;1,4-Xylene;p-Dimethylbenzene;p-Methyltoluene;4-Methyltoluene;p-Phenylenebis(methylene);NSC 72419
Remark	对二甲苯
Description	colourless liquidChEBI: A xylene with methyl groups at positions 1 and 4.p-xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents with the chemical formula C8H10 or C6H4(CH3)2. It is one of the three isomers of dimethylbenzene known collectively as xylenes. The “p” stands fo