hexadecane

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hexadecane \Hex"a*dec`ane\, n. (Chem.)
   See {Hecdecane}.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, n. [Gr. ? six + ? ten.] (Chem.)
   A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, {C16H34}, of
   the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important
   ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule
   has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also {hexadecane}.
   [1913 Webster]
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