Cycloalkane
a subclass of aliphatic hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n, where the chain of constituent carbon atoms connects to produce a ring structure (with or without side chains) containing only single bonds; also known as cycloparaffin or, historically, naphthene.
Committee
Interdisciplinary
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E1732-24 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2024.
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org