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Six example sentences with alkane, each labelled with its topic.
Methane leaking from old wells is the simplest alkane, and it traps far more heat than carbon dioxide does.
Environment
Camping stoves burn propane, an alkane whose short carbon chain and single bonds make it easy to compress into cylinders.
Technology
Traders watching butane and propane contracts know each alkane in the barrel prices differently once winter heating demand climbs.
Finance
Each alkane in the series adds one carbon and two hydrogens, so the boiling point climbs steadily along the table.
Science
Paraffin wax is a long-chain alkane, which is why a coated cheese rind keeps out moisture for months.
Cooking
Nineteenth century chemists sorted crude oil by boiling point long before anyone named each alkane by its carbon count.
History
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