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Hydrocarbon vs Tetrafluoroethylene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | tetrafluoroethylene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and tetrafluoroethylene

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while tetrafluoroethylene is the gaseous unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, F2C=CF2, that is used as a monomer in the production of polytetrafluoroethylene.

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

    tetrafluoroethylene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tetrafluoroethylene)
  • (organic compound) The gaseous unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, F2C=CF2, that is used as a monomer in the production of polytetrafluoroethylene