Is natural gas a hydrocarbon?

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Yes, natural gas is a hydrocarbon.
It is a mixture containing mainly saturated hydrocarbons like methane $({CH}_{4})$ and ethane $(C_{2} H_{6})$ and also consists of propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.

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