Alane vs Slane - What's the difference?
alane | slane |
(inorganic compound) aluminium hydride, AlH3
(organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound
(Ireland) a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft
:* 1997': Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘'''Slanes ’. — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon