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alkane
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al·kane
/ ˈalˌkān/
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n. Chem.
any of the series of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2, including methane, ethane, and propane.
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Alkane Announces Joint Venture with WorldVest Equity.
Business Wire; 6/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...dilutive Working Capital Financing LUTHERVILLE, Md. -- Alkane, Inc. "Alkane" (PINK SHEETS: ALKN) announced today that it has...Monster Fuel Technologies, LLC joint venture calls for Alkane to contribute its patented alternative fuel intellectual...
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Alkane, Inc. Files Form 10 with SEC.
PR Newswire; 10/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...LUTHERVILLE, Md., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alkane, Inc., "Alkane" (Pink Sheets: ALKN) announced today it has filed...financial statements, is a significant benchmark for Alkane and is indicative of the strength of our company...
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DETERMINATION OF HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT n-ALKANES OF PETROLEUM ORIGIN BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
Magazine article from: Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...are composed mainly of n-alkanes with 18 up to ca. 40 carbon...waxes contain mainly branched alkanes and alkyl derivatives of naphthenes...adsorption chromatography12. An n-alkane concentrate can be prepared...years ago13. Peaks of n-alkanes C^sub 20^-C^sub 70...
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Approaches to alkane functionalization with Tp'Pt and (nacnac)Pt reagents.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Chemistry; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Dehydrogenation of alkanes can be accomplished...reactions are capable of alkane functionalization...functionalization of alkanes under mild conditions...first examples of alkane functionalization...functionalization of alkanes in the hope of developing...catalyst for selective ...
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ALKANE ENERGY (ALK).
Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle; 12/30/2005; 700+ words
; ...generation - Renewable energy supplier Alkane Energy will come of age in 2006 as it...competitive. So the future looks positive for Alkane, both on environmental and economic grounds. When it floated in the late 1990s, Alkane was on a fancy rating that assumed a rapid...
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Alkane, Inc. Announces U.S. Patent Filing on High Energy Synthetic Fuel.
PR Newswire; 6/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...LUTHERVILLE, Md., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alkane, Inc. "Alkane" (Pink Sheets: ALKN) announced today that it has...be derived from synthetic and bio fuel sources." Alkane's proprietary Syn-Fuel will surely play an integral...
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Manufacturing: Alkane hopes pounds 2.8m proposal will improve profitability.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/21/2003; 700+ words
; Methane gas company Alkane has announced the proposed acquisition...of the proposal, announced yesterday Alkane, of Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, will...at an EGM to be held on September 18. Alkane, which extracts methane gas from disused...
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Dr. Mathew Zuckerman of Alkane, Inc. Receives The Daily Record's 2009 Maryland Innovator of the Year Award.
PR Newswire; 10/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mathew Zuckerman, Ph.D. of Alkane, Inc., "Alkane" (Pink Sheets: ALKN) has been selected as a winner...am honored to have been recognized for my work on Alkane's flagship product, Monster Diesel(TM)," said...
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Activating alkanes the light way.
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 7/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...tungsten atoms.[7] Arguing that alkanes are very poor electron acceptors...3] ligand precluded reaction with alkane. In other cases, the instability...oxidative addition reactions with alkanes were achieved serendipitously
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Alkane moves into profit.
Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 3/23/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: Nigel Bolitho Alkane is a green investment with few green investors - they are...ashamed of themselves. None of them is a top 20 investor in Alkane. Not only is Alkane a green business because it extracts methane gas from coal...
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alkane
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...chemical bond ). Alkanes have the general...n H 2n+2 . An alkane is said to have...the compound is an alkane; e.g., alkanes with 5, 6, 7...extensively as fuels. The alkanes are sometimes referred...after the simplest alkane) or as paraffins...
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Alkyl Group
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...alkanes. (Branched chain alkanes are treated as alkyl...members of the normal alkane series are methane...the remaining normal alkanes are composed of a prefix...name given to the normal alkane having a chain of six carbon atoms. The n-alkanes exist on a continuum...
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hydrocarbon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...successive members of a series. The alkanes are a homologous series of...preceding member. The second alkane is ethane, C 2 H 6 , and the third is propane, C 3 H 8 . Alkanes have the general formula C...of high-molecular-weight alkanes; the alkanes are sometimes...
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Hydrocarbons
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...alkenes, and alkynes. Alkanes (sometimes called paraffins...number of hydrogens. All alkanes have the general formula...series. The simplest alkane (and indeed, the simplest...soot or smoke. The next alkane is ethane, C 2 H 6...cleanly as methane. Higher alkanes continue the trend of...
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alkene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...alkene is derived from the name of the corresponding alkane by replacing the - ane alkane suffix with - ene and, if necessary, adding a...include hydrogenation, with the formation of an alkane, and hydration, with the formation of an alcohol...
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