cetane

See also: cétane

English

Etymology

From Latin cetus (“whale”) +‎ -ane.

Noun

cetane (plural cetanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.