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Alkane

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
paraffin
plural
Alkanes
possessive
Alkane's
pluralpossessive
Alkanes'