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炭化水素 (tankasuiso) Japanese meaning: hydrocarbon | Kotomora

炭たん化か水すい素そ

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Meanings

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hydrocarbon

Scientific term for organic compounds consisting only of carbon and hydrogen.

メタンは最もっとも単たん純じゅんな炭たん化か水すい素そです。

Methane is the simplest hydrocarbon.

炭たん化か水すい素そは燃ねん料りょうとして広ひろく使つかわれている。

Hydrocarbons are widely used as fuel.

Kanji

炭charcoal, coal
化change, take the form of, influence
水water
素elementary, principle, naked

Related words

炭たん水すい化か物ぶつ
炭水化物 means 'carbohydrate', which contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, while 炭化水素 is 'hydrocarbon', containing only carbon and hydrogen.

Word family· 8

環かん式しき炭たん化か水すい素そ
cyclic hydrocarbon
飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そ
saturated hydrocarbon
不ふ飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そ
unsaturated hydrocarbon

Built from

炭たん化か+水すい素そ

Etymology

Compound of 炭化 (tanka, 'carbonization') + 水素 (suiso, 'hydrogen').

芳ほう香こう族ぞく炭たん化か水すい素そ

aromatic hydrocarbon

メタン系けい炭たん化か水すい素そ

alkane; methane-series hydrocarbon

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エチレン系けい炭たん化か水すい素そ
alkene; olefin; ethylene hydrocarbon
ナフテン系けい炭たん化か水すい素そ
naphthenic hydrocarbon
アセチレン系けい炭たん化か水すい素そ
alkyne