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Hydrocarbon vs Kratochvilite - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | kratochvilite |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and kratochvilite

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while kratochvilite is (mineralogy) a rare organic mineral, an orthorhombic hydrocarbon formed by combustion of coal or pyritic black shale deposits.

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

    kratochvilite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A rare organic mineral, an orthorhombic hydrocarbon formed by combustion of coal or pyritic black shale deposits.