paraffine

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İngilizce - Türkçe
parafin uygulamak
{i} parafin
(isim) parafin
İngilizce - İngilizce
by distillation
It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents
It is used as an illuminant and lubricant
{i} white substance that resembles wax (used in the manufacturing of medical preparations and other products)
It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins
alternative spelling of paraffin
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc
paraffine