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• Unsaturated hydrocarbon — Unsaturated hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons that have double or triple covalent bonds between adjacent carbon atoms. Those with at least one double bond are called alkenes and those with at least one triple bond are called alkynes. Alkenes with two …   Wikipedia

• unsaturated alcohol — alcohol that is derived from unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes, or olefins) …   Medical dictionary

• unsaturated — 1. Not saturated; denoting a solution in which the solvent is capable of dissolving more of the solute. 2. Denoting a chemical compound in which all the affinities are not satisfied, so that still other atoms or radicals may be added to it. 3. In …   Medical dictionary

• aromatic hydrocarbons — Hydrocarbon characterized by unsaturated ring structures of the carbon atoms. Commercial petroleum aromatics are benzene, toluene, and xylenes …   Petroleum refining glossary

• hydrocarbon — hydrocarbonaceous, adj. /huy dreuh kahr beuhn, huy dreuh kahr /, n. any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH4, an alkene, ethylene, C2H4, an alkyne, acetylene, C2H2, or an aromatic compound,… …   Universalium

• petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …   Universalium

• chemical industry — Introduction       complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives.       Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …   Universalium

• -ene — suffix. 1 forming names of inhabitants of places (Nazarene). 2 Chem. forming names of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond (benzene; ethylene). Etymology: from or after Gk enos * * * ˌēn sometimes ˈēn noun suffix ( s) Ety …   Useful english dictionary

• catalysis — catalytic /kat l it ik/, adj., n. catalytical, adj. catalytically, adv. /keuh tal euh sis/, n., pl. catalyses / seez /. 1. Chem. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst. 2. an action between two or more… …   Universalium

• fat — fatless, adj. fatlike, adj. /fat/, adj., fatter, fattest, n., v., fatted, fatting. adj. 1. having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 2. plump; well fed: a good, fat chicken. 3. consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:… …   Universalium

• Erich Hückel — Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel (August 9, 1896 February 16, 1980) was a German physicist and physical chemist. He is known for two major contributions: *The Debye Hückel theory of electrolytic solutions *The Hückel method of approximate… …   Wikipedia