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Hydrocarbon vs Benzanthracene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | benzanthracene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and benzanthracene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while benzanthracene is benzanthracene.

hydrocarbon

English

(wikipedia hydrocarbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

    • Derived terms

    * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * hydrocarbonaceous * hydrocarbonic

    Hyponyms

    * alkane * alkene * alkyne * cycloalkane * cycloalkene * arene

    See also

    * aliphatic * aromatic * petroleum

    benzanthracene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benzanthracene) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Either of two isomeric tetracyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed by the fusion of a benzene ring with anthracene

    • See also

    * tetracene (the linear isomer) * tetraphene (the nonlinear isomer)