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alkaneMember of a group of hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n + 2, commonly known as paraffins. As they contain only single covalent bonds, alkanes are said to be saturated. Lighter alkanes, such as methane, ethane, propane, and butane, are colourless gases; heavier ones are liquids or solids. In nature they are found in natural gas and petroleum.
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These areas of maximum sensitivity to, or likelihood of, ozone attack can be reduced or eliminated, or the threshold strain increased, by replacing the wax or waxes used, or by blending them, with other waxes rich in the alkane and isoalkane (non normal) components, known to give their migration maxima at or about the critical temperature. A series of technologies, including a catalyst cracking technology that produces the maximum possible amount of isoalkane, and aromatics extraction technology, were applied extensively and generated excellent economic benefits. |
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