a colourless insoluble liquid alkane hydrocarbon used in the determination of the cetane number of diesel fuel. Formula: C16H34
Also called: hexadecane
Word origin
C19: from Latin cētus whale + -ane, so called because related compounds are found in sperm whale oil
Examples of 'hexadecane' in a sentence
hexadecane
Solar, lubricating oil, and hexadecane were used to examine emulsification activity.
Fatimah Fatimah 2012, 'Uji produksi biosurfaktan oleh Pseudomonas sp. pada substrat yang berbeda', Journal of Biological Researcheshttp://berkalahayati.org/journal/f575e883. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Quantification was performed by the use of 2 internal standards (tetradecane and hexadecane).
Kaloustian Jacques, Mikail Céline, EL-Moselhy Tarek, Abou Lydia, Portugal Henri 2007, 'GC-MS analysis of allergens in plant oils meant to cosmetics', Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipideshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2007.0103. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The produced biosurfactant was able to emulsify n-hexadecane and soybean oil.
Marylane de Sousa, Iuri Torquato Dantas, Anne Kamilly Nogueira Felix, Hosiberto Batistade Sant'Ana, Vânia Maria Maciel Melo, Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves 2014, 'Crude glycerol from biodiesel industry as substrate for biosurfactant production byBacillus subtilis ATCC 6633', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000200019&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The isolates were obtained from selective culture medium containing n-hexadecane, aiming to recover alkane-degraders.
Natalia Maria Silva, Aline Márcia Silva Araújo de Oliveira, Stefania Pegorin, CamilaEscandura Giusti, Vitor Batista Ferrari, Deibs Barbosa, Layla Farage Martins, CarlosMorais, João Carlos Setubal, Suzan Pantaroto Vasconcellos, Aline Maria da Silva, JulioCezar Franco de Oliveira, Renata Castiglioni Pascon, Cristina Viana-Niero 2019, 'Characterization of novel hydrocarbon-degrading Gordonia paraffinivorans and Gordoniasihwensis strains isolated from composting', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0215396. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bacterium continually produced rhamnolipids when nourished with n-hexadecane as its lone carbon source.
K. C. Ramya Devi, R. Lakshmi Sundaram, Sivamurugan Vajiravelu, Vidya Vasudevan, GnanambalK. Mary Elizabeth 2019, 'Structure elucidation and proposed de novo synthesis of an unusual mono-rhamnolipidby Pseudomonas guguanensis from Chennai Port area', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-019-42045-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of the 595 isolates, 244 isolates (41.7% of total isolates) could degrade n-hexadecane.
Ji-Quan Sun, Lian Xu, Xue-Ying Liu, Gui-Fang Zhao, Hua Cai, Yong Nie, Xiao-Lei Wu 2018, 'Functional Genetic Diversity and Culturability of Petroleum-Degrading Bacteria IsolatedFrom Oil-Contaminated Soils', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01332/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Then, the effects of carbon sources (glycerol, hexadecane, olive oil, and glucose) were evaluated.
Gizele Cardoso Fontes, Priscilla Filomena Fonseca Amaral, Marcio Nele, Maria AliceZarur Coelho 2010, 'Factorial Design to Optimize Biosurfactant Production by Yarrowia lipolytica', Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/821306. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main volatile compounds were ethyl acetate, phenylethyl alcohol, butanedioic acid diethyl ester, and hexadecane.
Jingke Liu, Wei Zhao, Shaohui Li, Aixia Zhang, Yuzong Zhang, Songyan Liu 2015, 'Determination of Volatile Compounds in Foxtail Millet Sake Using Headspace Solid-PhaseMicroextraction and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry', Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/239016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hexadecane (8.97%), 2-dodecnenal (6.57%), and heptadecane (6.32%) were the major constituents in the essential oils of the leaves.
Parvaneh Hemmati Hassan Gavyar, Hamzeh Amiri 2018, 'Chemical composition of essential oil and antioxidant activity of leaves and stemsof Phlomis lurestanica', International Journal of Food Propertieshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2018.1490321. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The dominant compounds in the butanol fraction were 2,2,5-trimethyl-3,4-hexanedione, 3,5-dimethyl-4-octanone and hexadecane.
Graziela Teixeira de Oliveira, Jaqueline Maria Siqueira Ferreira, Luiz Henrique Rosa,Ezequias Pessoa de Siqueira, Susana Johann, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima 2014, 'In vitro antifungal activities of leaf extracts of Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) againstclinically important yeast species', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000200247&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)