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烷

wán

Character

What 烷 means

1. alkane

Example sentences

• 政府官员与业界人士也开始意识到「甲烷捕捉计画」的潜力。美国农业部正在密西西比州及其他数个州资助农场内的实验场址。部分大型禽肉加工业者正在成立再生能源部门，以供应饲料厂所需电力。此外，一家燃料公司正在评估是否可以用鸡只排放的甲烷取代天然气，并注入管线，用来为部分沿线发电机提供动力。
  Officials from government and industry are also starting to recognize the potential of the Methane Capture Project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding experimental on-farm sites in Mississippi and several other states. Some large poultry processors are launching renewable energy divisions to power their feed mills. And a fuel company is investigating the possibility of pumping chicken-waste methane instead of natural gas through its pipeline, and to use it to power some of the generators along the way.

Words starting with 烷

• 烷基wán jīalkyl
• 烷基苯wán jī běnalkyl benzene; dodecylbenzene C18H30
• 烷氧基wán yǎng jīalkoxy (chemistry)
• 烷烃wán tīngalkane
• 烷基苯磺酸钠wán jī běn huáng suān nàsodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents)

Words containing 烷

• 丁烷dīng wánbutane
• 丙烷bǐng wánpropane
• 乙烷yǐ wánethane (C2H6)
• 甲烷jiǎ wánmethane CH4
• 辛烷xīn wánoctane (C8H18)
• 氯甲烷lǜ jiǎ wánmethyl chloride CH3Cl
• 异丁烷yì dīng wánisobutane
• 辛烷值xīn wán zhíoctane rating
• 环氧乙烷huán yǎng yǐ wánethylene oxide
• 环烷烃huán wán tīngcycloalkane
• 酚甲烷fēn jiǎ wán(Taiwan) bisphenol A (BPA)
• 菠烷bō wánbornane; camphane C10H18
• 莰烷kǎn wáncamphane; bornane C10H18
• 三氯甲烷sān lǜ jiǎ wánchloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
• 二氯甲烷èr lǜ jiǎ wándichloromethane
• 十六烷值shí liù wán zhícetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
• 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮yǐ xiān àn bǐ luò wán tóng(pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic

Characters built on 完

These share the phonetic component 完 (wán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 皖Wǎnshort name for Anhui 安徽
• 脘wǎninternal cavity of stomach

Characters that look like 烷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 舰jiànwarship
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam
• 浣huànto wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read wán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玩to play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 完to finish; to be over; whole
• 丸ball; pellet; pill
• 顽mischievous; obstinate; to play
• 纨(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 刓to trim
• 芄Metaplexis stauntoni
• 汍shed tears
• 抏to consume; to exhaust; to play