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Alkane vs Alkaline - What's the difference?

alkane | alkaline |

As nouns the difference between alkane and alkaline

is that alkane is while alkaline is an alkaline battery.

As an adjective alkaline is

of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

alkane

English

(wikipedia alkane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2.

    • Derived terms

    * chlorofluoroalkane * cycloalkane * hydrofluoroalkane

    Related terms

    * -ane * alkene * alkyne

    Hypernyms

    * hydrocarbon

    Hyponyms

    * methane * ethane * propane * butane * pentane * hexane * heptane * octane * nonane * decane * undecane * dodecane * hexadecane * tetracosane ----

    alkaline

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alkaline battery.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
  • (chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.

    • Synonyms

    * (chemistry) basic

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acidic

    Derived terms

    * alkaline air * alkaline battery * alkaline earth * alkaline earth metal

    Related terms

    * alkali * alkaloid