What is phenol used for?
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Phenol is used in many industries. It’s used for medicine as a slimicide, antiseptic, and disinfectant and to manufacture a number of products. Some examples of workers at risk of being exposed to phenol include the following: Workers in the petroleum industry.
Phenol is used in many industries. It’s used for medicine as a slimicide, antiseptic, and disinfectant and to manufacture a number of products. Some examples of workers at risk of being exposed to phenol include the following: Workers in the petroleum industry.
In industry, phenol is used as a starting material to make plastics, explosives such as picric acid, and drugs such as aspirin. The common phenol hydroquinone is the component of photographic developer that reduces exposed silver bromide crystals to black metallic silver.