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heptane

DEFINITIONS OF: heptane

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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

Type of:
alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
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