hydrocarbons
71Hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique — Pour les articles homonymes, voir HAP. Une illustration d hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques. Dans le sens des aiguilles en partant d en haut à gauche : benz[e]acéphénanthrylène, p …
72catalysis — 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… …
73gasoline — gasolineless, adj. gasolinic /gas euh lee nik, lin ik/, adj. /gas euh leen , gas euh leen /, n. a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.… …
74isoprenoid — /uy seuh pree noyd/, adj. Chem. pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene. [1955 60; ISOPRENE + OID] * * * or terpene Class of organic compounds made up of two or more structural units derived from isoprene. Isoprene is a five carbon… …
75Diesel fuel — Diesel oil redirects here. Sometimes diesel oil is used to mean lubricating oil for diesel engines. Diesel fuel (  / …
76Montara oil spill — Satellite image of the oil slick in the Timor Sea, September 2009. Location Timor Sea, off the northern coast of Western Australia …
77New Exploration Licensing Policy — (NELP) was conceptualised by the Government of India, during 1997 98 to provide an equal platform to both Public and Private sector companies in exploration and production of hydrocarbons with Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) as a nodal… …
78Hypothetical types of biochemistry — are forms of biochemistry speculated to be scientifically viable but not proven to exist at this time. While the kinds of living beings we know on earth commonly use carbon for basic structural and metabolic functions, water as a solvent and DNA… …
79Hydrogen — This article is about the chemistry of hydrogen. For the physics of atomic hydrogen, see Hydrogen atom. For other meanings, see Hydrogen (disambiguation). ← hydrogen → helium …
80Organic chemistry — Structure of the methane molecule: the simplest hydrocarbon compound. Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by… …
