The uses of alkanes

Answer 1

By far the most important economic use for alkanes is their use as fuels. They are also used as lubricants and as non-polar solvents. They are largely unreactive, but can react with halogens such as bromine in the presence of sunlight to form halogenoalkanes, which are much more useful in organic synthesis.

Answer 2

Alkanes (also known as paraffins or saturated hydrocarbons) are chemical compounds that consist only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) (i.e., hydrocarbons), wherein these atoms are linked together exclusively by single bonds (i.e., they are saturated compounds) without any cyclic structure (i.e. loops). Alkanes belong to a homologous series of organic compounds in which the members differ by a constant relative molecular mass of 14.

Each carbon atom must have 4 bonds (either C-H or C-C bonds), and each hydrogen atom must be joined to a carbon atom (H-C bonds). A series of linked carbon atoms is known as the carbon skeleton or carbon backbone. In general, the number of carbon atoms is often used to define the size of the alkane (e.g., C2-alkane).

An alkyl group, generally abbreviated with the symbol R, is a functional group or side-chain that, like an alkane, consists solely of single-bonded carbon and hydrogen atoms, for example a methyl or ethyl group.

The simplest possible alkane (the parent molecule) is methane, CH4. There is no limit to the number of carbon atoms that can be linked together, the only limitation being that the molecule is acyclic, is saturated, and is a hydrocarbon. Saturated oils and waxes are examples of larger alkanes where the number of carbons in the carbon backbone tends to be greater than 10.

Alkanes are not very reactive and have little biological activity. Alkanes can be viewed as a molecular tree upon which can be hung the interesting biologically active/reactive portions (functional groups) of the molecule.

Answer 3

They're mostly used as fuel oils. For instances, butane is often used in lighters and propane is often used for powering grills. Fossil fuels contain many different types of alkanes as well as other organic molecules which makes them a sought after fuel source.

Answer 4

The lower members of Alkanes, Methane to butane used as fuel gases, hexane to octadecane used as liquid fuels and the higher alkanes are used as lubricants there are also some other uses as formation of polymers.

Answer 5

Alkanes are used in hundreds of products such as plastics, paints, drugs, cosmetics, detergents, insecticides and many more.

Answer 6

Alkanes have many uses. They can be used to make polymers, propane, paraffin wax, and as components and immediates in gasoline, methane, and pesticide and drug synthesis.

Answer 7

alkanes are used by drawing a lampost

Answer 8

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