c7h16

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c7h16 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heptane \Hep"tane\, n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)
     Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the
     paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so
     called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms.
     Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of
     petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
     [1913 Webster]