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asphaltanes

asphaltanes is the plural of asphaltane.

Meaning of asphaltane

Noun

asphaltane (plural asphaltanes)

  1. polyaromatic compounds left from distillation of crude oil that are insoluble in pentane.

Questions about asphaltanes

What is asphaltanes the plural of?
Asphaltanes is the plural of asphaltane.

Words near asphaltanes in the dictionary

  1. asphalt paper
  2. asphalt road
  3. asphalt shingle
  4. asphalt shingles
  5. asphaltane
  6. asphaltanes
  7. asphalte
  8. asphalted
  9. asphaltene
  10. asphaltenes
  11. asphaltenic

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