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• Methane


  A natural gas, used as fuel
• Ethane


  Is a natural gas, refrigerant, and used in the manufacture of acetic acid, acetaldehyde and ethanol
• Propane


  Used as a fuel for space heating, water heating, cooking (LPG), drying, and transportation; petrochemical feedstock
• Butane


  Used as fuel for cigarette lighters and portable stoves, a propellant in aerosols, a heating fuel, a refrigerant
• Hexane


  A cleaning agent in the textile, furniture and printing industries
• Heptane


  Used as anesthetics, cements, compounders, inks, lab reagents, organic synthesis and solvents
• Octane


  A major component of gasoline solvent for fats and oils
• Ethene


  Used as a building block for the production of plastics (PVC, PET), antifreeze solutions and solvents
• Propene


  Used for the production of important chemicals such as propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, cumene, butyraldehyde, and acrylic acid
• Butene


  Used as a precursor to polypropylene resins, butylene oxide, and butanone
• Ethyne


  Used for welding and cutting
• Propyne


  Used as a rocket fuel for space craft intended for low Earth orbit
• Phenol


  Used as a disinfectant in household cleaners and in mouthwash the first surgical antiseptic
• Benzaldehyde


  Used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, cinnamic acid, and other organic compounds, and to some extent in perfumes and flavouring agents
• Benzoic acid


  Used for the manufacture of perfumes, dyes, topical medications and insect repellents
• Benzene


  Used to make plastics, resins, and nylon and synthetic fibers