Hydrocarbon - an overview

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology hydrocarbon A hydrocarbon is any of a class of organic chemicals made up of only the elements carbon and hydrogen The carbon atoms join together to form the hydrocarbon The simplest Hydrocarbon is methane, CH4 This is the simplest member of a series of hydrocarbons Each successive member of the series has one more Carbon atom

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