Alkane

Alkanes are chemical compounds, made of carbon and hydrogen. The simplest alkane is methane, which is made of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Larger alkanes have two or more carbon atoms connected or bonded together. The carbon atoms of alkanes are joined together by single bonds. The Alkane's general formula is C_nH_2n+2.

These are some alkanes:

Methane (CH4) Ethane (C2H6) Propane (C3H8) Butane (C4H10) Pentane (C5H12) Hexane (C6H14) Heptane (C7H16) Octane (C8H18) Nonane (C9H20) Decane (C10H22)

Undecane (C11H24) Dodecane (C12H26) Tridecane (C13H28) Tetradecane (C14H30) Pentadecane (C15H32) Hexadecane (C16H34) Heptadecane (C17H36) Octadecane (C18H38) Nonadecane (C19H40) Icosane (C20H42)