hexanes in English
noun
1
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series.
Solvents permitted in the UK for extraction include acetone, hexane , ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, and carbon dioxide.
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1. They are commercially very important, being the principal constituent of gasoline and lubricating oils and are extensively employed in organic chemistry; though the role of pure Alkanes (such as hexanes) is delegated mostly to solvents.