: any of three isomeric alkanes C5H12 that occur especially in petroleum
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But frozen pentane itself didn’t make for a promising fuel.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2014
Thermally expandable microspheres, by contrast, are plastic bubbles, ten microns across, that are filled with a hydrocarbon such as butane, pentane or octane.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Known in the industry as a fractionator, the plant will receive 110,000 barrels of raw natural gas liquids per day and separate them into their more valuable components such as ethane, propane, butane and pentane.
—Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019
The two types of foam also hold different types of gas: Open-cell bubbles are often filled with water vapor, while closed-cell foams are filled with a variety of other chemicals with better insulating properties, such as pentane.
—Meredith Fore, WIRED, 3 July 2019
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2014
Thermally expandable microspheres, by contrast, are plastic bubbles, ten microns across, that are filled with a hydrocarbon such as butane, pentane or octane.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
Known in the industry as a fractionator, the plant will receive 110,000 barrels of raw natural gas liquids per day and separate them into their more valuable components such as ethane, propane, butane and pentane.
—Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019
The two types of foam also hold different types of gas: Open-cell bubbles are often filled with water vapor, while closed-cell foams are filled with a variety of other chemicals with better insulating properties, such as pentane.
—Meredith Fore, WIRED, 3 July 2019
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pentane
noun
pen·tane
ˈpen-ˌtān 
: any of three isomeric alkanes C5H12 occurring in petroleum
especially
: the volatile flammable liquid straight-chain isomer that has been used to produce anesthesia
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