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Alkanes

"Alkanes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The generic name for the group of aliphatic hydrocarbons Cn-H2n+2. They are denoted by the suffix -ane. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Alkanes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Alkanes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016
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