hydrocarbon
IPA: haɪdroʊkˈɑrbʌn
noun
- (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
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Examples of "hydrocarbon" in Sentences
- China faces numerous risks in the Latin American hydrocarbon sector.
- Methane, a hydrocarbon, is more efficient IR spectrum absorber thanCO2.
- Methane, a hydrocarbon, is more efficient IR spectrum absorber than CO2.
- Sometimes when a hydrocarbon is aspirated, the coughing does not begin until much later.
- The main reason for concern when a hydrocarbon is swallowed is that the child will choke on it and breathe it into the lungs.
- In addition, aspiration may occur as the result of re-exposure of the larynx to hydrocarbon from the tip of the tube during removal.
- Never induce vomiting when a hydrocarbon is swallowed because this increases the chances of the hydrocarbon slipping into the airway.
- Azerbaijan, rich in hydrocarbon reserves and the current darling of western energy companies, is finding the present situation untenable.
- Among the experts were a state criminologist, a specialist in hydrocarbon and chemical fires, an electrical engineer, an arson authority and another expert on fire burn patterns.
- Those who read this blog know that I am skeptical that the harm from man-made global warming is bad enough to justify large, immediate Kyoto-like reductions in hydrocarbon consumption.
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