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Heptane

Heptane Meaning & Definition
Heptane Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heptane?

[n] a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings

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See Also | alkane | alkane series | methane series | paraffin

Heptane In Webster's Dictionary

\Hep"tane\, n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, {C7H16}, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

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