tetramethylmethane

noun

neopentane

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nountetramethylmethane (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryneopentane

    The system selected for initial study was that involving tetramethylmethane and tetrachloromethane.

    2016, Eric F. Lype, Roger Eichorn, Joseph F. Masi, edited by Joseph F. Masi and Donald H. Tsai, Progress in International Research on Thermodynamic and Transport Properties, revised edition, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 173
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    In this and all other tables the molecular weight of tetramethylmethane was taken at 72.09, and the ice point as 273.16°K^([sic – meaning 273.16K]).

    1938, Pennsylvania State College, Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations: Submitted to the Pennsylvania State College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degrees of Doctor of Education and Doctor of Philosophy, volume 1, State College

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