{"id":70532,"date":"2025-10-28T12:20:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=70532"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:50:39","slug":"benzene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/benzene\/","title":{"rendered":"Benzene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Benzene Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two centuries after Benzene discovery, the simple yet revolutionary molecule benzene continues to shape our world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Benzene<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benzene is a <\/span><b>colorless liquid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>sweet odor.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Discovered by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 1825, the English scientist <\/span><b>Michael Faraday,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> isolated a new substance from the oily residue of the illuminating gas used to light London and <\/span><b>August Kekul\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> proposed a revolutionary cyclic structure for benzene.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Benzene<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>evaporates into the air<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> very quickly and dissolves slightly in water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>highly flammable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is formed from both <\/span><b>natural processes and human activities.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural sources of benzene include volcanoes and forest fires.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms the base for styrene, <\/span><b>phenol, cyclohexane, nylon, and polystyrene.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs <\/span><b>to the BTEX family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene) of so called aromatics because of their sweet, pleasant smell.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Benzene<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some industries use <\/span><b>benzene to make other chemicals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are used to make plastics, resins, and nylon and synthetic fibers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benzene is also used to make some types of <\/span><b>rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and pesticides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact on Health:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Long-term exposure to Benzene leads to <\/span><b>acute myeloid leukaemia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, aplastic anemia, and <\/span><b>myelodysplastic syndrome.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/how-benzene-built-the-modern-world-and-exposed-its-hidden-costs\/article70204250.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benzene is a colorless liquid with a sweet odor. 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