Alkane
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Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons which means they contain carbon and the maximum amount of hydrogen. The simplest alkane is methane which has 1 carbon and 4 hydrogens. Here are three ways to represent methane, CH4. |
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The four hydrogens in methane point to the corners of a regular tetrahedron. |
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