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Acetone vs Heptane - What's the difference?

acetone | heptane |

In organic compound terms the difference between acetone and heptane

is that acetone is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent while heptane is any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3.

acetone

English

Noun

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  • (organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

    • Synonyms

    * propanone * propan-2-one * dimethyl ketone

    References

    * (wikipedia "acetone") ----

    heptane

    English

    (wikipedia heptane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3)

    • Derived terms

    * cycloheptane

    Related terms

    * heptyl

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