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Meaning of "kerogen" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KEROGEN

From Greek kēro( s) wax + -gen.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KEROGEN

kerogen  [ˈkɛrədʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEROGEN

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conjunction
determiner
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Kerogen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KEROGEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kerogen

Kerogen is a mixture of organic chemical compounds that make up a portion of the organic matter in sedimentary rocks. It is insoluble in normal organic solvents because of the high molecular weight of its component compounds. The soluble portion is known as bitumen. When heated to the right temperatures in the Earth's crust, some types of kerogen release crude oil or natural gas, collectively known as hydrocarbons. When such kerogens are present in high concentration in rocks such as shale they form possible source rocks. Shales rich in kerogens that have not been heated to a warmer temperature to release their hydrocarbons may form oil shale deposits. The name "kerogen" was introduced by the Scottish organic chemist Alexander Crum Brown in 1906.

Definition of kerogen in the English dictionary

The definition of kerogen in the dictionary is the solid organic material found in some rocks, such as oil shales, that produces hydrocarbons similar to petroleum when heated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KEROGEN


acrogen
ˈækrədʒən
adaptogen
əˈdæptədʒən
androgen
ˈændrədʒən
anti-androgen
ˌæntɪˈændrədʒən
antiestrogen
ˌæntɪˈiːstrədʒən
antihydrogen
ˈæntɪˌhaɪdrədʒən
calyptrogen
kəˈlɪptrədʒən
carcinogen
kɑːˈsɪnədʒən
collagen
ˈkɒlədʒən
dinitrogen
daɪˈnaɪtrədʒən
estrogen
ˈɛstrədʒən
fibrinogen
fɪˈbrɪnədʒən
mitogen
ˈmaɪtədʒən
monohydrogen
ˌmɒnəʊˈhaɪdrədʒən
nitrogen
ˈnaɪtrədʒən
oestrogen
ˈiːstrədʒən
orthohydrogen
ˌɔːθəʊˈhaɪdrədʒən
oxyhydrogen
ˌɒksɪˈhaɪdrədʒən
parahydrogen
ˌpærəˈhaɪdrədʒən
phytoestrogen
ˌfaɪtəʊˈiːstrədʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEROGEN

kerne
kernel
kernel-less
kernelled
kernelling
kernelly
kernicterus
kerning
kernish
kernite
kernmantel rope
kero
kerosene
kerosene lamp
kerosine
Kerouac
kerplunk
Kerr
Kerr effect
kerria

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEROGEN

biogen
chromogen
cyanogen
dihydrogen
electrogen
endogen
glycogen
goitrogen
halogen
heavy hydrogen
hogen
hydrogen
immunogen
liquid nitrogen
orogen
pathogen
plasminogen
progestogen
pyrogen
sulphuretted hydrogen

Synonyms and antonyms of kerogen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kerogen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEROGEN

Find out the translation of kerogen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kerogen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kerogen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

干酪根
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kerógeno
570 millions of speakers

English

kerogen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kerogen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكيروجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кероген
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kerogen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kerogen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kérogène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerogen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kerogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

油母
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

케로 겐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kerogen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kerogen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kerogen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केरोजेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kerojen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kerogene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kerogen
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кероген
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kerogen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κηροζίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kerogeen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kerogen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kerogen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kerogen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEROGEN»

The term «kerogen» is regularly used and occupies the 60.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEROGEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kerogen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kerogen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kerogen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEROGEN»

Discover the use of kerogen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kerogen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Fourth Edition
By far, the most common technique for kerogen isolation involves acid demineralization of the shale to produce the kerogen concentrate. To dissolve the mineral matrix, a series of successive treatments with a hydrochloric acid- hydrofluoric ...
James G. Speight, 2006
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Oil Shale
Chapter 6 CHEMICAL SEPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF KEROGEN FROM OIL SHALE J.D. SAXBY Introduction From the viewpoint of energy potential, the crucial component of oil shales is kerogen. An understanding on a ...
G.V. Chilingarian, T.F. Yen, 2011
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Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications
At shallow depths of burial of only a few hundred meters kerogen remains relatively stable. At greater depths of burial, however, under conditions of higher temperature and pressure, it becomes unstable and rearrangements take place in its ...
Philip A. Allen, John R. Allen, 2013
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Fundamentals of Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling
The generation of petroleum is a decomposition reaction, from heterogeneous mixtures of kerogen macromolecules to lighter petroleum molecules. Petroleum kinetics are distinguished from cracking types (primary or secondary), kerogen ...
Thomas Hantschel, Armin I. Kauerauf, 2009
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Oil Shale
kerogen predominates in the makeup of the organic matter, the chemical form or composition of the kerogen may vary extensively from deposit to deposit. This is due to variations in the amounts of organic carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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Kerogen
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kerogen is a mixture of organic chemical compounds that make up a portion of the organic matter in sedimentary rocks.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Asphaltenes and Asphalts, 2
Nature of porphyrins in kerogen — evidence for trapped etio-type porphyrins Porphyrin complexes in crude oils, even though complicated, are generally oil- soluble, extractable species. This makes traditional spectroscopic and separation  ...
T.F. Yen, G.V. Chilingarian, 2000
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The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study
On the basis of total organic carbon content (TOC > 1 mgC/g), lithology, facies, paleontological significance, and geologic age, a representative suite of samples was selected for kerogen analyses. 16.4.1 Kerogen Isolation Kerogen was ...
J. William Schopf, Cornelis Klein, 1992
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Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget
1 The Evolution of Organic Matter 14.2.2 Kerogen-Oil/Gas Transformation 14.2.3 Expulsion and Migration of Oil Expulsion of Oil (Primary Migration) Secondary Migration (in Liquid Phase) Other Transport Mechanisms 14.3 Examples of ...
Gerhard Einsele, 2000
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Oil Shale
A small fraction of oil shale organic material referred to as bitumen is soluble in organic solvents, while the major fraction is a waxy substance of high molecular weight commonly referred to as kerogen. This insoluble fraction is the basic ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEROGEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kerogen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Preliminary exploration discovers “significant” Iranian shale resources
“Preliminary explorations have found three or four oil shale horizons with signs of kerogen near Kerman and southern Semnan,” said an ... «Shale Energy Insider, Jul 15»
2
Iran finds new oil shale fields
Tehran, July 11, IRNA - As the result of preliminary explorations, three or four new oil shale horizons with signs of kerogen were discovered ... «Zawya, Jul 15»
3
Energy superpower Iran discovers oil shales
“Preliminary explorations have found three or four oil shale horizons with signs of kerogen near Kerman and southern Semnan,” the IRNA news ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
4
Analysts: US is winning the oil battle with OPEC
“It costs less than making oil out of coal or to produce kerogen out of shale rock. This is easier and less costly. You can produce a lot of oil at ... «The Bakken magazine, Jul 15»
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The Story Behind Inflated World Oil Reserves
This number includes a substantial amount of oil from oil shale (actually from kerogen) for which there is no known economically viable ... «OilPrice.com, Jul 15»
6
The 5 Biggest Oil Discoveries in History
These formations were discovered in 1912 and don't hold oil, but rather kerogen-containing rock, which will become oil over the course of ... «CommodityHQ.com, Jun 15»
7
The “Always Fuel” Of The Future: Kerogen
This oil shale (not to be confused with shale oil) is a fine-grained sedimentary rock suffused with kerogen, a precursor to oil. Kerogen contains ... «Investing.com, Jun 15»
8
Layers of conflict: Syria between history and geology
(A more scientific name for oil shale is kerogen shale, a kind of sedimentary rock with oil trapped inside it). A petroleum expert I know, who'd ... «Daily News Egypt, Jun 15»
9
Scientists Call For Moratorium On Oil Shale, Tar Sands Development
U.S. Western oil shale is a rock rich in organic sedimentary material called kerogen. Kerogen is extracted from the rock with heat and is used to ... «KJZZ, Jun 15»
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Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources: It's a Matter of Speed
Further, the conditions to form oil required not only a lot of time, but the right temperature, as kerogen forms when the temperature is too low, ... «Motley Fool, Jun 15»

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