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tetra-icosane Chem.|tɛtrəˈaɪkəʊseɪn| Also tetrak-, tetrac-. [f. Gr. τετρα- four + εἴκοσι twenty + -ane 2 b.] The saturated hydrocarbon or paraffin of the 24-carbon series, C24H50 = CH3(CH2)22CH3, a solid waxy substance.
1894Morley & Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. IV. 673/1 Tetra-icosane, C24H50. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tetrakosane. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Tetracosane. So tetra-icoˈsoic acid, C23H47.CO2H, a crystalline powder, very soluble in hot alcohol, occurring in the soap got by heating carnaüba wax with aqueous NaOH.
1894Morley & Muir Watts' Chem. Dict. IV. 673/1. |