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Chemistry. Any of the series of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n + 2. Now usually called alkane.
Any of the series of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n + 2; (more widely) any open-chain or cyclic hydrocarbon with only…
Subcategories:
— straight-chained by number of carbon atoms (27)
— branched-chain (7)
— conversion to methane (2)
— methane evaporation (1)
— alkane derivatives (6)