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alkane

a. any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n+2
b. (as modifier): alkane series
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alkane

[′al‚kān]
(organic chemistry)
A member of a series of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having the empirical formula C n H2 n + 2. Also known as paraffin; paraffinic hydrocarbon.
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At lower temperatures the clearly defined components (match quality > 80%) included mainly alkanes, oxygen-containing compounds and some heteroatomic compounds.
Where F32 is the mean fecal concentration of even chain n-alkane after CRC dosed, [B.sub.32] is the background concentration of even-chain n-alkane before CRC administrated; FO is the mean fecal DM output measured during 3 days after CRC administration; [AFR.sub.32] is the recovery rate of [C.sub.32] alkane in feces measured in previous study (Sun et al., 2008).
RESULTS: We found that 24-hr transition metals and alkanes were associated with increased odds [0.26%; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.02-0.48; and 0.37%; 95% CI, 0.04-0.72, respectively] of hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Mat Zuckerman, Chief Executive Officer of Alkane. "Operators have long asked: why three grades of fuel for cars, while truckers can only buy one grade of diesel?
Interpretation of odd-even alkane predominance can be potentially complicated by the presence of certain bacteria which have been shown to exhibit high molecular weight n-alkane distributions showing no odd carbon preference (Han and Calvin, 1969).
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