- In
organic chemistry, an alkane, or
paraffin (a
historical trivial name that also has
other meanings), is an
acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In
other words...
- Isomerie-Arten bei den
Homologen der
Paraffin-Reihe" [The
isomery species of the
homologues of the
paraffin series], Chem. Ber. (in German), 30 (2): 1917–1926...
- 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...
-
science education television series created, written, and
presented by
British science historian James Burke. The
series was
produced and
directed by...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
embedding media. For
light microscopy,
paraffin wax is the most
frequently used
embedding material.
Paraffin is
immiscible with water, the main constituent...
-
fifth series of The Bill, a
British television drama,
consisted of 104 episodes,
broadcast between 3
January and 28
December 1989. The
series was first...
- Hardy, W. B.; Doubleday, Ida (1922-03-01). "Boundary Lubrication. The
Paraffin Series".
Proceedings of the
Royal Society of
London A: Mathematical, Physical...
