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Heptane vs Xylene - What's the difference?

heptane | xylene |

As nouns the difference between heptane and xylene

is that heptane is (organic compound) any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon c7h16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (ch3(ch2)5ch3) while xylene is xylene (di-methyl-benzene).

heptane

English

(wikipedia 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

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    xylene

    English

    (wikipedia xylene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, di-methyl-benzene, found in coal and wood tar.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 262:
    • [...] proceeding, desperately, from such opiated catarrh preparations as Collis Brown's Mixture on to cocainized brain tonics, cigarettes soaked in absinthe, xylene in unventilated rooms, and so on [...].