As nouns the difference between petroleum and heptane
is that petroleum is a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface while heptane is any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3.
petroleum
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
(en-noun)
A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
Synonyms
* oil
* gas
* gasoline
* petroil
* petrol
Derived terms
* packaged petroleum product
* petroleum coke
* petroleum ether
* petroleum jelly
* petroleum spirit
Related terms
* (l)
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
Anagrams
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