As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and hexabenzocoronene
is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while hexabenzocoronene is (organic compound) a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring.
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
hexabenzocoronene
English
Noun
(-)
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring