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Meet the first four alkanes

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A family of hydrocarbons

Most hydrocarbons in crude oil are alkanes. An alkane has only single bonds between carbon atoms. It is a saturated hydrocarbon.

Displayed formulae and names of methane CH₄, ethane C₂H₆, propane C₃H₈ and butane C₄H₁₀.

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