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The compounds of carbon are known as Organic Compounds. Also, apart from carbon, most of the organic compounds contain hydrogen, oxygen or other elements. Like methane, ethanol, ethane, ethene, ethyne ...

VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are compounds that contain carbon atoms and that, at room temperature, easily evaporate. Too small to see and virtually omnipresent both indoors and out, they can ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) enter the air from gasoline, pesticides, tobacco smoke, and thousands of other products and processes. They can increase the risk of airway problems and other health ...

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The general formula for the alkanes is C n H 2n+2 (where n is the number of carbon atoms in the molecule).