Hydrocarbons

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What is a hydrocarbon?
Any compound formed of carbon and hydrogen atoms only.
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What do all alkanes have?
Single C-C bonds.
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What is the general formula for alkanes?
CnH2n+2
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Alkanes are homologous?
They react in a similar way.
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What are the first four alkanes?
Methane, ethane, propane and butane.
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What happens when the carbon chain gets shorter?
Less viscous, more volatile and more flammable.
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