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Hydrocarbon vs Nonylene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | nonylene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and nonylene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while nonylene is (chemistry) any of a series of metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons, c9h18, of the ethylene series.

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

    nonylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a series of metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons, C9H18, of the ethylene series.

    • Related terms

    * nonylenic * nonylenic acid