- In
organic chemistry, an alkane, or
paraffin (a
historical trivial name that also has
other meanings), is an
acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In
other words...
- from
vegetable matter.
Specific examples include paraffin waxes in the straight-chain n-alkanes
series.
These melt and
solidify over a well-defined and...
- best
known for his
method of
distilling paraffin from coal and oil shales. He is
often referred to as
Paraffin Young.
James Young was born in
Shuttle Street...
- Kerosene, or
paraffin, is a
combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is
derived from petroleum. It is
widely used as a fuel in
aviation as well as households...
-
embedding media. For
light microscopy,
paraffin wax is the most
frequently used
embedding material.
Paraffin is
immiscible with water, the main constituent...
- Eupione, or eupion, is a
hydrocarbon mixture of the
paraffin series,
probably a pentane, C5H12,
discovered by Carl
Reichenbach in wood tar. It is also...
-
length of a
carbon chain, for
example in the straight-chained
alkanes (
paraffins), or it
could be the
number of
monomers in a
homopolymer such as amylose...
-
Synthetic waxes often consist of
homologous series of long-chain
aliphatic hydrocarbons (alkanes or
paraffins) that lack
functional groups.
Waxes are synthesized...
- for GSR has been
around since the
early 1900s. The
first recorded use of
paraffin wax as a
lifting medium was done by Dr.
Iturrioz in 1914 and was po****rized...
- Hardy, W. B.; Doubleday, Ida (1922-03-01). "Boundary Lubrication. The
Paraffin Series".
Proceedings of the
Royal Society of
London A: Mathematical, Physical...
