Question

Which five hydrocarbons are common?

Answer 1

Hydrocarbon:

• Only two types of atoms, hydrogen and carbon, make up the entirety of the organic molecules known as hydrocarbons.
• Hydrocarbons are typically odourless gases with very little colour.
• Hydrocarbons can have very simple structures or complicated ones.
• These are further classified into two categories saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.
• Alkane containing a single bond is a saturated hydrocarbon.
• Alkene and Alkyne containing double and triple bonds respectively are unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Common hydrocarbons:

• The 5 common hydrocarbons are generally used in daily life.
• Methane, Ethane:- Major constituent of Natural gas.
• Propane and butane:- Major constituents of the LPG gas.
• Ethene:- used in the manufacturing of the polymer polyethene.