methyl bromide as fumigant

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• methyl bromide — n. a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Br, with an odor resembling chloroform, used as a refrigerant, fumigant, and in organic synthesis …   English World dictionary

• methyl bromide — Chem. a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis. Also called bromomethane. [1900 05] * * * ▪ chemical compound also called  bromomethane        a colourless, nonflammable,… …   Universalium

• methyl bromide — Used in ionization chambers; for degreasing wool; extracting oils from nuts, seeds, flowers; used as an insect fumigant for mills, warehouses, vaults, ships, freight cars; also as a soil fumigant. * * * methyl bromide n a poisonous gaseous… …   Medical dictionary

• methyl bromide — noun a poisonous gas or liquid (CH3Br) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc. • Hypernyms: ↑bromide * * * noun : a poisonous gaseous compound CH3Br used chiefly as a fumigant against rodents, worms, and insects; bromo methane * * * Chem. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• methyl bromide — noun Date: 1871 a poisonous gaseous compound CH3Br used chiefly as a fumigant against rodents, worms, and insects …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• methyl bromide — meth′yl bro′mide n. chem. a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Br, used as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant, and in organic synthesis • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

• methyl bromide — /mɛθəl ˈbroʊmaɪd/ (say methuhl brohmuyd) noun the compound bromomethane, CH3Br, used as a fumigant; an ozone depleting substance listed in the Montreal Protocol …  

• Methyl iodide — Methyl iodide …   Wikipedia

• fumigant — /fyooh mi geuhnt/, n. any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide. [1720 30; < L fumigant (s. of fumigans, prp. of fumigare), equiv. to fumig (see FUMIGATE) + ant ANT] * * * ▪ chemistry       any volatile,… …   Universalium

• fumigant — /ˈfjuməgənt/ (say fyoohmuhguhnt) noun any chemical, as methyl bromide and ethylene oxide, which is used in fumigation …  

• Organobromine compound — Organobromine compounds are organic compounds that contain carbon bonded to bromine. The most pervasive is the naturally produced bromomethane. One prominent application is the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as fire retardants. A variety… …   Wikipedia