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Hydrocarbon vs Perfluorocarbon - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | perfluorocarbon |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and perfluorocarbon

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while perfluorocarbon is any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine.

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

    perfluorocarbon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia perfluorocarbon) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine