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Alkane

nounid 14570·updated May 18, 2026
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a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
paraffin
plural
Alkanes
possessive
Alkane's
pluralpossessive
Alkanes'

Framework definitions

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

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