Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nonane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nonane \Non"ane\, n. [L. nonus ninth.] (Chem.)
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons {C9H20} of the
paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon
atoms in the molecule. {Normal nonane} is a colorless
volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
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