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alkane ['ælkein] n
textile	alcann m
alkanes n
chem.	alcanos m; hidrocarburos parafinicos; parafinas f
alkane adj.
chem.	alcanos; alcano
alkane Paraffins. A homologous series of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2. Their systematic names end in -ane. They are chemically inert, stable, and flammable. The first four members of the series (methane, ethane, propane, butane) are gases at ordinary temperatures; the next eleven are liquids, and form the main constituents of paraffin oil; the higher members are solids. Paraffin waxs consists mainly of higher alkanes adj.
environ.	alcanos

alkane : 7 phrases in 3 subjects

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