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Definition of Octanes
1. octane [n] - See also: octane
Medical Definition of Octanes
1. Eight-carbon saturated hydrocarbon group of the methane series. Include isomers and derivatives. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octanes
Literary usage of Octanes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"In the study of the octanes, which for some years has been in process in this
Laboratory, certain relationships have been discovered between chemical ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"In further prosecution of the revision of thermochemical data the heats of
combustion of benzene and a number of octanes and xylenes were determined with ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... that in isolating the octanes :x long series of distillations had to be carried
on to obtain pure products, the octanes not beginning to accumulate with ..."
4. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1897)
"On the Butanes and octanes in American (Ohio) Petroleum. ... Two octanes were
obtained, having a boiling-point of 119.5° and I24°-I25°. respectively, ..."
5. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1897)
"On the Butanes and octanes in American (Ohio) Petroleum. ... Two octanes were
obtained, having a boiling-point of 119.5° an<i i24°-i25°, respectively, ..."
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