Fuels

Three saturated hydrocarbons
- paraffins
- isoparaffins
- cycloparafins
what is a saturated hydrocarbon

hydrocarbon chain or ring carries the full complement of hydrocarbon atoms; also known as paraffins, pafaffinic hydrocarbons, or alkanes/cycloalkanes
what structure do normal paraffins have

Straight-chain structure
what structure do isoparaffins have

branch-chain structures
what structure to cycloparaffins (or naphthenes) have

ring-type structure

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Chemistry and fuel compatibility

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2010-05-17T12:49:35Z