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a hydrocarbon is an organic compound which has all its valence shells filled with single bonds.these include alkanes and cycloalkanes

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Q: What term refers to a saturated hydrocarbon?
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How does the name of a hydrocarbon tell you whether of not it is saturated?

Alkanes are saturated, so if the hydrocarbon has -ane at the end of it, it is saturated.


A term applied to a hydrocarbon molecule that has the maximum number of hydrogen atoms?

saturated molecule


Do saturated fatty acids contain a carboxyl group?

No double bonds. A saturated fat has hydrocarbon chains that are close together. An unsaturated fat contains double bonds in the hydrocarbon chains which makes a kink in the chain. This makes them sit farther apart and thus more liquid than saturated hydrocarbons.


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A saturated hydrocarbon. Fats of a solider nature.


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Hydrocarbon is a compound. Unsaturated hydrocarbon refers to the hydrocarbon containing at the least, a double or triple bond. Acetic acid is an example of a hydrocarbon.


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What is the different between saturated and unsaturated?

Saturated hydrocarbon does not decolourise bromine water while unsaturated hydrocarbon decolourize it.


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?

such a hydrocarbon is a saturated compound.


Does c6h14 have a double bond?

No, when it is a cyclo-hydrocarbon, Yes when it is an unsaturated hydrocarbon (decene)


What is the most simple saturated hydrocarbon?

alkanes


What distinguishing characteristic is common in the name of saturated hydrocarbons?

what distinguishing characteristic is common in the names of saturated hydrocarbons?


Write the formula of saturated hydrocarbon?

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