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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mer·cap·tan /(ˌ)mɝˈkæpˌtæn/
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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 mer·cap·tan /(ˌ)mɝˈkæpˌtæn/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mer·cap·tan n.  Chem. Any one of series of compounds having an -SH radical attached to a carbon atom, also considered as hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols.  In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor.  The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH.  So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.
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