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What Is Hydrocarbons?

Hydrocarbons are organic compounds consisting only of hydrogen and carbon. They are the most broadly used organic compounds and are primarily used as fuel for combustion in heating and motor fuel applications. The main components of natural gas are methane and ethane.

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What Is Hydrocarbons?

Hydrocarbons are organic compounds consisting only of hydrogen and carbon. They are the most broadly used organic compounds and are primarily used as fuel for combustion in heating and motor fuel applications. The main components of natural gas are methane and ethane.

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What is

Hydrocarbons?
a hydrocarbon is an organic compound
consisting entirely of hydrogen and
carbon.Hydrocarbons are examples of
group 14 hydrides.Hydrocarbons from
which one hydrogen atom has been
removed are functional groups called
hydrocarbyls.
The hydrocarbons are the most broadly
used organic compounds known, and are
quite literally the driving force of
western civilization. The greatest
amounts of hydrocarbons are used as
fuel for combustion, particularly in
heating and motor fuel applications. The
primary components of natural gas are
methane and ethane.

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