(organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
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pentane
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Editorial note
Flourinert and Pentane are suitable, the former is really expensive and the latter as flammable as gasoline.
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(organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pentane.
noun
(organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
Example sentences
Flourinert and Pentane are suitable, the former is really expensive and the latter as flammable as gasoline.
Isn't that like expecting all drivers to know the mole-fraction of pentane in their summer fuel blend?
Instead of burning pentane in your car you’re burning coal and natural gas in a plant.
It's the crazy persistent halo/fluorocarbons that will be banned, things like pentane will be ok...
Don't modern refrigerators use pentane as the refrigerant which is pretty flammable?
Domestic refrigeration runs on hydrocarbons (your fridge is likely running on pentane).
I deliberately buy imitation truffle oil made from mixing whatever-pentane into cheap refined olive oil with full knowledge that it's fake.
If the local area doesn't really care if it's hexane or pentane from a safety perspective, they'll likely just be lumped together behind a generic name/cas number.
It might contain ethane, propane, butane pentane and hexane.
I've seen pentane used in small refrigerators in the US.
They use the hot brine to vaporize a motive fluid such as liquid pentane in the heat exchanger, when the liquid is converted to gas it creates a high pressure environment and is piped into a turbine which spins the generator.
It's not gasoline now (according to wiki: cyclohexane, nonane, octane, heptane, and pentane.) Naptha also works in those stoves but doesn't last as long.
Proper noun examples
Pentane and isopentane, R601 being one of them (of course flammability is a problem) and R744 which is just CO2.
Both of those have a vastly higher global warming effect than 'just' using Pentane, but that is rather flammable so one would probably want to ensure the oxygen concentration in the room is too low to result in a flammable mixture.
Pentane, boiling comfortably at 1bar/2bar/5bar at, respectively, 36°C/58°C/92°C, low toxicity but more flammable than gasoline), and around 100 W/cm² for water (sadly, 120°C surface temperature isn't practical for silicon CPUs)).
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use pentane in a sentence?
Flourinert and Pentane are suitable, the former is really expensive and the latter as flammable as gasoline.
What does pentane mean?
(organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
What part of speech is pentane?
pentane is commonly used as noun.