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Dodecane vs Decane - What's the difference?

dodecane | decane |

As nouns the difference between dodecane and decane

is that dodecane is any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel while decane is any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22

dodecane

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Noun

(wikipedia dodecane) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel.

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    decane

    English

    (wikipedia decane)

    Noun

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

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