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19 words match “DECANE”

DECANE n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.
DODECANE n.
Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.
ENDECANE n.
ons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]
HECDECANE n.
sene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.
HENDECANE n.
eries; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
HEXADECANE n.
See Hecdecane.
NONDECANE n.
A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
PENTADECANE n.
A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
TETRADECANE n.
A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
TRIDECANE n.
A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
UNDECANE n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule.
DECATOIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.
HENDECATOIC a.
Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
HEXDECYL n.
The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.
HEXDECYLIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
PENTADECATOIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it.
TRIDECATOIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance.
TRIDECATYLENE n.
A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene.
UNDECYLIC a.
undecyl; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2.