Hydrocarbons

• Alkanes are the simplest type of hydrocarbon
• CnH2n+2 formula
• Saturated compounds
• First four are methane ethane propane and butane
• propererties change as chain gets longer

  • shorter the more runny
  • shorter have lower boiling points
  • shorter the more flammable
  • effect how they are used for fuels
• Complete combustion occurred when there’s plenty of oxygen