About The Word Paraffin
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Paraffin Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Paraffin?
[n] British usage
[n] a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2) [n] from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings Synonyms | Synonyms for Paraffin: alkane | alkane series | methane series | paraffin oil | paraffin wax Related Terms | Find terms related to Paraffin: alcohol | avgas | benzine | briquette | burnable | butane | carbon | charcoal | coal | coal oil | coke | combustible | crude | crude oil | dope | electricity | ethane | ethanol | ethyl | ethyl gas | fireball | firing | flammable | flammable material | fossil oil | fuel | fuel additive | fuel dope | gas | gas carbon | gasoline | heptane | hexane | high-octane gas | high-test | illuminant | illuminating gas | inflammable | inflammable material | isooctane | jet fuel | kerosene | lead-free gas | light source | low-lead gas | luminant | methane | methanol | motor oil | natural gas | octane | oil | peat | pentane | petrol | petroleum | premium gas | propane | propellant | regular | rock oil | rocket fuel | turf See Also | aliphatic compound | amine | aminoalkane | butane | heptane | hexane | kerosene | kerosine | methane | wax Paraffin In Webster's Dictionary \Par"af*fin\, Paraffine \Par"af*fine\, n. [F.
paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named
in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.)
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and
odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum,
etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and
lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of
the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a
definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture
of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas
series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid,
liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal
gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
Note: In the present chemical usage this word is spelt
paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt
paraffine.
{Native paraffin}. See {Ozocerite}.
{Paraffin series}. See {Methane series}, under {Methane}.
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