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pentane


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pentane  \Pen"tane\,  n.  [See  {Penta-}.]  (Chem.) 
  Any  one  of  the  three  metameric  hydrocarbons,  {C5H12},  of  the 
  methane  or  paraffin  series.  They  are  colorless,  volatile 
  liquids,  two  of  which  occur  in  petroleum.  So  called  because 
  of  the  five  carbon  atoms  in  the  molecule.