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paraffin oil
(British usage) kerosine
A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials.
A series consisting of the alkanes, with methane as the first member
A group of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula Cn H2n+2 , the simplest and most abundant of which is methane.
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