Paraffin hydrocarbon also called alkane any of the saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n2 C being a carbon atom H a hydrogen atom and n an integer. Alkenes may have single or double bonds. The paraffins are major constituents of natural gas and petroleumParaffins containing fewer than 5 carbon atoms per molecule are usually gaseous at room temperature those having 5 to 15 carbon atoms are usually liquids.
This chemical formula will stand true for all saturated hydrocarbons.
Chain alkanes cycloalkanes and branched alkanes. Due to the general structure of alkenes they always have twice as many hydrogens as carbons. The general formula for alkanes is C n H 2n2 Here n is the number of atoms of carbon in their chemical structure. Give the word equation of bromine reacting with methane.