Aromatics

Aromatics
  Hydrocarbons characterized by unsaturated ring structures of carbon atoms. Commercial petroleum aromatics are benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX).
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

Energy terms . 2014.

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