Hydrocarbons

Table of Contents

• Hydrocarbons
• Types of Hydrocarbons
  • Saturated Hydrocarbon

❏ Alkanes

• • Unsaturated Hydrocarbon
• Summary
• Did You Know?
• What’s Next?

In the previous segment, we learnt about Catenation. In this segment, we will learn about the hydrocarbon and its types.

What are Hydrocarbons?

The compounds that consist of only Hydrogen and Carbon atoms are known as hydrocarbons.

What are the Different types of hydrocarbons?

The hydrocarbons are divided into two major categories: saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons

What are Saturated hydrocarbons?

The hydrocarbons that have Single Covalent Bonds between all the carbon atoms are called saturated hydrocarbons.

Saturated hydrocarbon

What are Alkanes?

Alkanes are Saturated Hydrocarbons, which are represented by the formula ?_??_??+?

where n is the number of carbon atoms. For example, Ethane.