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Definition of Pentane

1. n. 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 molecule.

Definition of Pentane

1. Noun. (organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions. ¹

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Definition of Pentane

1. a volatile liquid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pentane

1. Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colourless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule. See: Penta-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentane

Literary usage of Pentane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1903)
"The pentane used is a mixture of pentane with some of the paraffins of lower ... The pentane thus prepared must satisfy the following tests: On agitation ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"The Amyl-acetate lamp gave a distinctly redder light than the pentane flame. In comparing the two lights four observers obtained results which were ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"NORMAL pentane AND ITS DERIVATIVES. 384 pentane, C6H12, was discovered by ... The first product of the action of chlorine on pentane is a mixture of the ..."

4. Petroleum: It's History, Origin, Occurence, Production, Physical and by Alexander Veith (1894)
"Harcourt $ pentane flame! Harcourt employs as the unit of light the flame of a mixture of 210 volumes of pentane gas with 600 volumes of air which escapes ..."

5. The Gas Engineer's Pocket-book, Comprising Tables, Notes, and Memoranda by Henry O'Connor (1907)
"Mr. Vernou Harcourt's 1-Candle pentane Unit. The gas used for this standard is made by bringing together in a gasholder, air and the highly volatile liquid ..."

6. The Chemistry of Gas Manufacture: A Practical Manual for the Use of Gas by Harold M. Royle (1907)
"No cans of pentane which the Gas Referees have certified are to be supplied to or used by any person or persons other than the Gas Examiners at the several ..."

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