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Do carbohydrates contain mostly carbon and hydrogen with some oxygen but in no specific ratio?
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∙ 6y ago
No. Carbohydrates are carbon with water (most of the time). The ratio is 1 carbon to 1 hydrogen and 2 oxygens. The name does tell you: carbo- (carbon) + hydrate (water). So the generic formula is CHO2.
I think you have it backwards. The general formula for a carbohydrate is CH2O, not CHO2.
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What type of atoms do carbohydrates contain?
Carbohydrates fall into the general formula Cx(H2O)y, each molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
Is NH3 a hydrocarbon?
No, hydrocarbons contain carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) NH3 is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen.
What is the chemical composition of carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates (saccharides) contain hydrogen, oxygen and carbon; the general formula is Cm(H2O)n.
A carbohydrate is made up of the elements carbon and hydrogen and?
Carbohydrates (sugars, for instance) contain, primarily, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a variety of configurations. Ray
What do all organic compounds have in common and list the four principal classes of organic compounds?
They all are formed from the same elements
Does carbohydrates contain sulfur?
no. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What are carbohydrates formed from?
Carbohydrates contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.
What type of atoms do carbohydrates contain?
Carbohydrates fall into the general formula Cx(H2O)y, each molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
What carbohydrates are made from?
Carbohydrates (glucides) contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.
What elements do caybohydrates contain?
Carbohydrates contain carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen.
What atom is found in proteins but not in carbohydrates and lipids?
Nitrogen. Carbohydrates and fats contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but proteins contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Is NH3 a hydrocarbon?
No, hydrocarbons contain carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) NH3 is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen.
Which element out of Hydrogen Carbon Oxygen Sulfur and Nitrogen is not found in carbohydrates?
You shouldn't find nitrogen or sulphur in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates only contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Why are oxygen hydrogen and carbon carbohydrates?
they are carbonates as they are organuc substances and they contain carbon.
Does carboyhydrate contain nitrogen?
No. By definition, carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What chemical elements do cabohydrates contain?
Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Carbohydrates contain the elements of?
Usually carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
