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___________ ( Hydrocarbons/Alcohols) are the compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen only.

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Hydrocarbons are the organic chemical compounds that contain the compounds of carbon covalently bonded to another carbon atom and hydrogen atoms. For example Ethane $C_{2} H_{6}$ and propane $C_{3} H_{8}$ .
Thus, hydrocarbons are compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen only.

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