Heptane
(Science: chemistry) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colourless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
Origin: gr. ”epta seven.
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