Principal characteristics of aromatic hydrocarbons are:
- the contain benzenic rings
- frequently they have an agreeable odor
- they burn with soot; this is a disadvantage
- the ratio carbon/hydrogen is great
They are cyclic
or
they have single and double bonds
Aromatic hydrocarbons are substances made of carbon and hydrogen, and contains at least one aromatic ring. The simplest such compound is benzene.
The aromatic hydrocarbons are those compounds which are comprised of only the elements carbon and hydrogen arranged so that at least some of the carbons are linked together to form a ring.
Aromatic hydrocarbons are formed from rings, are stable and have a specific odor.
Aliphatic hydrocarbons are not aromatic compounds.
uses of aroamtic hydrocarbons
Alternating single and double bonds
For example aromatic hydrocarbons.
the longest chain of carbons
Coal
Aromatic hydrocarbons like toluene, ketones, paraffins, chlorinated hydrocarbons and turpentine.
Alternating single and double bonds
Mineral oils don't contain aniline, but the aniline pointis a characteristic of oils (defining the content of aromatic hydrocarbons).
A. W. Pucknat has written: 'Health impacts of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons' -- subject(s): Adverse effects, Air, Air Pollutants, Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Pollution, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Toxicology
Aromatic hydrocarbons contain one or more carbon cycles.
This was the chemist August Kekule.
Leticia Pizzul has written: 'Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by actinomycetes' -- subject(s): Biodegradation, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Actinomycetales
Alternating single and double bonds
For example aromatic hydrocarbons.
Phenol is toxic and corrosive.
Hydrocarbons which contain a benzene ring (google that yourself)
Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatic hydrocarbons
Willem Karel de Raat has written: 'Mutagens and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient airborne particles' -- subject(s): Air, Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Mutagens, Environmental aspects of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Health aspects, Mutagens, Pollution, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons