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Hydrocarbons vs Hydrocarbon - What's the difference?

hydrocarbons | hydrocarbon |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon

is that hydrocarbons is while hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

hydrocarbons

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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