what distinguishing characteristic is common in the names of saturated hydrocarbons?
Any hydrocarbon with the name that ends in -ane is a saturated hydrocarbon. This is common in the names of saturated hydrocarbons.
The -ane ending
A double covalent bond which shares electrons.
All these are saturated hydrocarbons of Alkane family.
Saturated hydrocarbons have every possible bonding site on the carbon backbone that could bond to a hydrogen bonded to a hydrogen. All carbon-carbon bonds are single. These hydrocarbons are rigid and have high melting temperatures. Lard, Crisco, Butter, and Margarine are saturated.Unsaturated hydrocarbons don't and therefor contain one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bond(s). These hydrocarbons are "floppy" and have lower melting temperatures. Cooking and Salad oils are unsaturated.
Because zero is a multiple of all numbers. It's not really helpful as a distinguishing characteristic.
A trait is a distinguishing characteristic or quality that defines an individual's behavior or personality.
Petrol composition ranges from C5-C12 while that of Diesel average composition is C12H23, ranging from approx. C10H20 to C15H28. So it shows that Diesel consists of heaveir hydrocarbons than Petrol.
The Olive Ridley is the common name for a species of sea turtle. Like all reptiles, turtles have backbones. Backbones are the distinguishing characteristic of vertebrates, so Olive Ridleys are vertebrates.
The common characteristic is dictatorship and racism.
wheat are the common properties and characteristic of light
It depends on the person.
glycerol
A characteristic that many people have for example, lots of people like to smile, if your looking for a physical common characteristic that might be for example, lots of people get pimples when they're teens.