Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, CH3(CH2)14CH3, containedin petroleum. It forms pearly lustrous leaflets, which melt at 19–20° C. and boil at 287.5°C. Sometimes called cetane.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) See hecdecane.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any of the very many isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons of general formula C16H34

Etymologies

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hexadeca- + -ane

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Examples

  • The findings demonstrate how an oily substance called hexadecane beads up on the membrane while water passes through.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008

  • An oily substance called hexadecane beads up on this new type of membrane created by Purdue materials engineers to separate oil from water.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2008

  • When hexadecane (oil) 'sees' the oleophobic perfluorinated end of the polymer, it beads up, he explains.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • To date, the researchers have only tested diesel or hexadecane fuel but the team has plans to test other oils such as benzene toluene zylene. research team led by chemical engineer Robert Cohen and mechanical engineer Gareth McKinley has created what it claims are the first "superoleophobic," or oil-repellant surfaces.

    unknown title 2009

  • To date, the researchers have only tested diesel or hexadecane fuel but the team has plans to test other oils such as benzene toluene zylene. research team led by chemical engineer Robert Cohen and mechanical engineer Gareth McKinley has created what it claims are the first "superoleophobic," or oil-repellant surfaces.

    unknown title 2009

  • The team has now found that enzymes within the microbial cell and in its membrane inner membrane are responsible for degradation of n-hexadecane.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Taking these observations, the team designed and manufactured surfaces that effectively repelled droplets of oily liquids such as methanol, octane and hexadecane.

    Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008

  • This mat is coated with a fluorinated polymer and acts like a bed of nails that can support droplets not only of water (dyed blue), but also of oil (hexadecane, dyed red).

    Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008

  • Taking these observations, the team designed and manufactured surfaces that effectively repelled droplets of oily liquids such as methanol, octane and hexadecane.

    Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008

  • Water (dyed blue) and hexadecane (dyed red), an oil, bead up on an omniphobic surface, which repels all liquids.

    Impact Lab 2008

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