alkane
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Melt these together over a slow fire, mixing with them a little powder of alkane root to color it.
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British Dictionary definitions for alkane
/ (ˈælkeɪn) /
: Also called: paraffin
any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula C n H 2 n +2
(as modifier): alkane series
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Scientific definitions for alkane
[ ăl′kān′ ]
Any of a group of hydrocarbons that have carbon atoms in chains linked by single bonds and that have the general formula CnH2n+2. Alkanes can be either gaseous, liquid, or solid. They occur naturally in petroleum and natural gas, and include methane, propane and butane. Also called paraffin♦ The group of alkanes as a whole is called the alkane series or the methane or paraffin series. Its first six members are methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.
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