octane
Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
A kind of
- hydrocarbon
Related words
- cyclooctane
- methoctramine
- octanamide
- octanoic
- octanone
- octodrine
- perfluoroctane
- octane rating
- diazabicyclooctane
- high-octane
- low-octane
- octane number
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