Hydrocarbon

A hydrocarbon is a type of chemical compound. It is made of only hydrogen and carbon atoms. They can be found in crude oil and are separated by fractional...

An aromatic hydrocarbon, or arene, is a hydrocarbon ring compound. It has alternating double and single bonds between carbon atoms forming rings. Many...

Hydrocarbons can be classified into two categories based on the presence of a benzene ring, a circular type of hydrocarbon. Aliphatic hydrocarbons do...

the University of Southern California and the director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute. In 2005, Olah wrote an essay promoting the methanol...

These molecules are put together with a double bond that makes it a hydrocarbon. It is very important in industry and has even been used in biology as...

Cycloalkanes are hydrocarbons with the carbon atoms connected in a circle with each atom, in simple forms, connected to two hydrogen atoms. all cycloalkane...

Acetylene is a hydrocarbon, belonging to the alkyne group. It is the simplest type of alkyne, as it has only two hydrogen atoms and two carbon atoms....

In chemistry, paraffin is the common name for the alkane hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2. Paraffin wax refers to the solids with n between...

petroleum gas (also known as LPG, LP Gas or autogas) is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases. It is commonly used in the household, for example for cooking...

packaging. It is an aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is manufactured from petroleum by the chemical industry. Polystyrene...

Docosane is a Hydrocarbon of chemical formula C22H46 This short article about chemistry can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it....

some gas, but they primarily produce liquid hydrocarbons. Gas producers primarily produce gaseous hydrocarbons and aquifer producers primarily produce water...

backbone. A side chain is also known as a pendant chain. Alkyl (saturated hydrocarbon) group side chains are represented by the placeholder R. Other non-carbon...

Retinal (also known as Retinaldehyde) is a hydrocarbon belonging to the aldehyde group. It is commonly used as a skincare product. Merck Index, 13th Edition...

Tetradecane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)12CH3. It has 14 carbon atoms and 30 hydrogen atoms. It has more isomers than other...

Petroleum Jelly is not made of Petroleum. Chemically, it is a gel mixture of hydrocarbons. It is used as an ointment to put on skin. It has antiseptic and healing...

A cyclohexene is a six-sided (hexagonal) shaped hydrocarbon ring made when carbon atoms join with hydrogen atoms. It is flammable, toxic, and colourless...

cycloalkane. It has the molecular formula (CH2)8. It is a simple colourless hydrocarbon. Mackay, Donald (2006). Handbook of Physical-chemical Properties and...

molecules (such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons) are broken down into simpler molecules (e.g. light hydrocarbons) by breaking their carbon-carbon bonds...

Bullvalene is a hydrocarbon. It has a chemical formula of C10H10. It is a type of molecule with no permanent structure. Compounds that share the molecular...