Talk:Hexadecane

Found more info. Tryed to add
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I found more info for the chemical info box. I added it, but it did not appear. It does appear in the source. How do I add properties? I had a source, and confidence interval.

Anyhelp will be most appreciated. I am new to Wikipedia, beside small autonomous edits. Kb966k (talk) 01:12, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: not moved Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:06, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Hexadecane → Cetane – Per WP:COMMONNAME, article title should be the most common name. "Cetane" is far more common in the general public than "Hexadecane". ANDROS1337 TALK 21:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Cetane, popular termwise, is associated with diesel fuel and has no real association with the compound hexadecane. I would oppose the move.JSR (talk) 22:12, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose, "common" is a relative term; "cetane" is less common than "hexadecane" as a term for the substance (as per a Google search, excluding "diesel"). Plasmic Physics (talk) 22:32, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose as no evidence that the proposed new name is the most common name for this topic and potential confusion with a (related but) different apparently-common meaning of the proposed term (that is discussed in the article). "IUPAC or other systematic chemical name for a chemical", the current title, seems like a pretty clear way to identify what the topic here is, and cetane is already a redirect here. However, that redirect could be confusing for readers follow it here whose primary interest is the diesel-fuel meaning. I've added a redirect hatnote to clarify that situation; if the article is renamed (redirect reversed), it should be converted to some form of this. DMacks (talk) 10:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
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Wrong info
Hexadecane is not flammable according the GHS classification. I am not sure how to or if I am allowed to edit the page - so I will leave the comment/request here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.45.222 (talk) 18:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Merged "Hexodecyl"
In the Articles for Deletion discussion on hexadecyl (closed on 3 August 2021) it was decided to merge it with the hexadecane article. I have done this. For the moment I have not deleted the hexadecyl article, but it should probably be done if my editing is considered satisfactory. Athel cb (talk) 10:14, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. I have since gone and deleted/merged the original page. -- Tautomers (T C) 19:52, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Cetane for posterity
The origin of the name cetane is latin, cētus, whale. The molecule was first isolated from sperm whale oil. Hexadecane has the same number of carbon atoms as Palmitic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, without the =O-OH of the carboxyl group on the end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:243:1202:D9F0:5067:A7A5:537F:3E5B (talk) 06:57, 3 June 2022 (UTC)