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Aliphatic compound

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000093

An organic compound whose carbon skeleton is not aromatic, either an open chain, straight or branched, or a non-aromatic ring such as cyclohexane. It can be saturated, as in alkanes, or contain double or triple bonds, as in alkenes and alkynes. Paraffins and olefins in the base oils of oil-based and synthetic-based drilling fluids are aliphatic, whereas benzene and other aromatics are not.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000093
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling Fluids
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000093",
  "term": "Aliphatic compound",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "An organic compound whose carbon skeleton is not aromatic, either an open chain, straight or branched, or a non-aromatic ring such as cyclohexane. It can be saturated, as in alkanes, or contain double or triple bonds, as in alkenes and alkynes. Paraffins and olefins in the base oils of oil-based and synthetic-based drilling fluids are aliphatic, whereas benzene and other aromatics are not.",
  "subject": "Drilling Fluids",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/aliphatic-compound/"
}

Record 106 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.