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Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Chemistry
  • Petrochemistry
DEF

A yellowish-white, wax-yellow or greenish-yellow hydrocarbon ... usually found inside septarian nodules and geodes.

OBS

It melts at 46°C, is sparingly soluble in boiling alcohol and cold ether, and is decomposed by concentrated sulfuric acid.

OBS

It occurs as vein-like masses in ironstone nodules associated with coal-bearing strata (as in south Wales) or in cavities in limestone (as in France).

Key term(s)
  • adipocere

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Chimie
  • Chimie du pétrole
DEF

Hydrocarbure naturel ou cire fossile, que l'on trouve au pays de Galles.

OBS

adipocire : Lexique «Les minéraux».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustibles fósiles sólidos
  • Química
  • Petroquímica
OBS

Variedad de cera fósil.

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