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Alkene series hydrocarbon
Answer for the clue "Alkene series hydrocarbon ", 6 letters:
olefin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
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olefin \o"le*fin\, olefine \o"le*fine\([=o]"l[-e]*f[i^]n or (Chem.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See Ethylene . Hence: (Chem.) Any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type; a member of the alkene series of hydrocarbons; ...
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n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
Usage examples of olefin.
Nowadays everything was synthetic - polyester, acrylic, olefin - but this sofa was made in the days before man-made fibers became popular.