asphaltene (English, noun)
expansion: asphaltene (plural asphaltenes)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
Forms:
form: asphaltenes
tags: plural