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Alane vs Slane - What's the difference?

alane | slane |

As nouns the difference between alane and slane

is that alane is while slane is (ireland) a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

alane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic compound) aluminium hydride, AlH3
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound
  • Usage notes

    This is the current IUPAC name, but is to be replaced by alumane because the systematically derived name of the -AlH2 group would be alanyl which is already used as a derivative of alanine.

    slane

    English

    Alternative forms

    * slean

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
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