triptane

American

[trip-teyn] / ˈtrɪp teɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.

triptane British

/ ˈtrɪpteɪn /

noun

a colourless highly flammable liquid alkane hydrocarbon, isomeric with heptane, used in aviation fuel; 2,2,3-trimethylbutane. Formula: CH 3 C(CH 3 ) 2 CH(CH 3 )CH 3

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Etymology

Origin of triptane

1940–45; tri(methyl) b(u)tane (with p for b before t ). See tri-, methyl

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General Motors' Charles F. Kettering reported that his laboratories had developed a method for commercial production of a new gasoline, triptane, potentially four times as powerful as 100-octane.

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