hydrocarbon
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪdrəˌkɑrbən/
- Specialized
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hidrocarburo
- The chemical structure of a hydrocarbon consists entirely of hydrogen and carbon atoms.
- aromatic hydrocarbons
- hydrocarbon emissions
- unburned hydrocarbons
So an ants particular hydrocarbon profile changes over time.
- So an ants particular hydrocarbon profile changes over time.
- You're reducing carbon dioxide and making it into hydrocarbons, which can be used for biofuel.
- He gets hydrocarbons from Russia at reduced prices and the Chinese get hydrocarbons from a lot of countries.
- The carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides start going down.
- We are not very clear of the kind of biochemistry that can come out of a world where you have hydrocarbon lakes and rains and and things like that.
- These include nitrosamines, asbestos fibers, phenols, hydrocarbons, all of which are recognized as being carcinogenic.
- You stick your face in front of the exhaust pipe and take a big huff through your nose, which is a fantastic aromatic hydrocarbon detector, right?
- And it was based on the fact that chlorine was a constituent of dioxin's DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons.
- Fossil fuels will hydrocarbons, natural gas, oil, coal, nuclear, those things will survive.
- It's like, OK, we got to have a solution that does not require mining hydrocarbons that, that that is sustainable in the long term.
- It's like, OK, we're going to have a solution that does not require mining hydrocarbons that, that that is sustainable in the long term.
Examples
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Arco has realized that it and all other hydrocarbon companies need to be smarter about local politics.
Academic text (1999) -
Combustion of liquid hydrocarbon fuels in a power system requires the fuel to be atomized.
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If its hydrocarbon structures are similar to petroleum...
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We continue to find hydrocarbons in the deep water.
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That said, hydrocarbons can of course be created in other ways.
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Where do you think hydrocarbons came from in the first place?
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But there are similarities in the ratio of hydrocarbons.
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The way food is grown, produced, and moved around the world today, it's an enormous waste of hydrocarbon energy which doesn't make sense.
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Measuring the exact amount of each hydrocarbon that is produced is prohibitively expensive.
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China, with its 1.2 billion people, lacks the indigenous hydrocarbons to meet its burgeoning demand.
Academic text (1999)
Compounds
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A chemical made of hydrogen and carbon that has one or more benzene rings
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Etymology
Hydrocarbon combines hydro- 'water', which you also see in hydrogen, and carbon 'charcoal' or 'coal', so the name points to the two elements involved. That's why a hydrocarbon is a compound made of hydrogen and carbon, like the fuels used in cars.