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If the compounds only contain carbon and hydrogen, they are called alkanes.

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A saturated hydrocarbon is an organic compound which contains hydrogen and carbon joined?

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It is called a saturated hydrocarbon or an alkane.


How many hydrogen atoms are present in a hydrocarbon chain of five carbons joined to each other by single covalent bonds?

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In an alkene with two carbon atoms being joined, there would be one double bond between the carbon atoms, and 4 single bonds for the 4 hydrogens, and it would be drawn as follows: H2-C=C-H2. This is ethene, and so it has a total of 5 bonds (unless you count the double bond as a sigma and a pi) then it has 6 bonds.


Can carbon atoms only form a single bond between other carbon atoms?

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A Hydrocarbon in which all of the carbon atoms are joined to other carbon atoms by single covalent bonds are a saturated unsaturated aromatic or substituted hydrocarbon?

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Why is a saturated hydrocarbon an organic compound which contains hydrogen and carbon joined?

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