polynuclear aromatic

polynuclear aromatic
abbr. PNA
This term is an obsolete term that is not recognized as valid by either the International Union on Pure and Applied Chemistry or the American Chemical Society. Historically, the term was used to describe the multi-ringed aromatic hydrocarbons now called PAHs. (API 2007)

Petroleum refining glossary. 2013.

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