Hydrocarbon Definition

Hydrocarbon Sentence Examples

• It thus possesses the same composition as the hydrocarbon of gutta-percha and as that of oil of turpentine and other terpenes which are the chief components of essential oils.

• The relation between the heat of combustion of a hydrocarbon and its heat of formation may be readily seen from the following example.

• The hydrocarbon of gutta-percha yields similar results and is therefore closely related to caoutchouc.

• Deferring the detailed discussion of cyclic or ringed hydrocarbons, a correlation of the various types or classes of compounds which may be derived from hydrocarbon nuclei will now be given.

• It will be seen that each type depends upon a specific radical or atom, and the copulation of this character with any hydrocarbon radical (open or cyclic) gives origin to a compound of the same class.