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Decane vs Decanol - What's the difference?

decane | decanol |

As nouns the difference between decane and decanol

is that decane is decane while decanol is (organic chemistry) a straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula c10h21(oh), used in manufacture of plasticizers]], lubricants, surfactants and [[solvent|solvents.

decane

English

(wikipedia decane)

Noun

  • (chemistry) any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22
  • Anagrams

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    decanol

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers]], lubricants, surfactants and [[solvent, solvents.
  • Usage notes

    The atoms of decanol can arrange in five different configurations, resulting in substances with slightly differerent properties. The variants are differentiated from each other by numbering them from 1-decanol to 5-decanol.

    Synonyms

    * capric alcohol * decyl alcohol * hydroxydecane