Compound used as a lab solvent

• Bottled gas
• It's named for its five carbon atoms
• Compound with five carbon atoms
• Petroleum hydrocarbon
• Organic solvent
• Compound found in lab solvents

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pentane is an organic compound with the formula CH — that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of three structural isomers , or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, pentane means exclusively the n -pentane ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C 5 H 12 ; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentane \Pen"tane\, n. [See Penta- .] (Chem.) Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12 , of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the ...