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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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heptane
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heptane \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, ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context organic compound English) Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C 7 H 16 , obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 CH 3 )
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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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n -Heptane is the straight-chain alkane with the chemical formula HC(CH)CH or CH. When used as a test fuel component in anti-knock test engines, a 100% heptane fuel is the zero point of the octane rating scale (the 100 point is a 100% iso-octane ). Octane ...
Usage examples of heptane.
Moreover, both the survivors state that a few minutes before the explosion, Mr Hector Heptane, the President of the Society, passed very close to the rocket and then left the court hurriedly.
This was some mix of alcohols and hydrocarbons, heptane and ether and propanol, all lighter than water ice.