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hydrocarbon
[ hahy-druh-kahr-buhn, hahy-druh-kahr- ]
noun
- any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
hydrocarbon
/ ˌɪəʊˈɑːə /
noun
- any organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen, such as the alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, terpenes, and arenes
hydrocarbon
- Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.
Other Word Forms
- d·b·Բcdzܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hydrocarbon1
Example Sentences
In the Palisades burn area, tests found little contamination beyond some isolated “hot spots” of heavy metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, Roux’s vice president and principal scientist Adam Love said last week.
Both areas were tested for metals, nutrients, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are all chemicals that may be found in water runoff based on previous California wildfires, officials said.
The organization also sampled 25 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds that form when oil, wood or garbage burns.
Will she follow the US away from the decarbonisation path to benefit from cheaper hydrocarbon prices promised by President Trump?
In homes we were able to test, my colleagues found elevated levels of metals and PAHs – polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – in the ash.
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