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What (who) is pentane - definition
CHEMICAL COMPOUND
N-pentane; N-Pentane; Amyl hydride; Skellysolve A; Skellysolve; Tetrafume; Normal-Pentane; Refrigerant-4-13-0; Quintane
Pentane
·noun 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.
pentane
['p?nte?n]
¦ noun Chemistry a volatile liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, present in petroleum spirit. [C5H12.]
Origin
C19: from Gk pente 'five' (denoting five carbon atoms) + -ane2.
Pentanes
CHEMICAL COMPOUND FAMILY
The pentanes are a group of alkanes with five carbon atoms with the formula C5H12. It has three isomers.
Wikipedia
Pentane
Pentane is an organic compound with the formula C5H12—that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of three structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, pentane means exclusively the n-pentane isomer; the other two are called isopentane (methylbutane) and neopentane (dimethylpropane). Cyclopentane is not an isomer of pentane because it has only 10 hydrogen atoms where pentane has 12.
Pentanes are components of some fuels and are employed as specialty solvents in the laboratory. Their properties are very similar to those of butanes and hexanes.
Examples of use of pentane
1. The trains were carrying flammable pentane and other fuels but there was no explosion or spills, Stuart said.