please some one explain the carbon and it's compound lesson of 10th
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What is a carbon compound? Name the various types of carbon compound?
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With many other elements, carbon forms a large number of compounds; these compounds are termed as carbon compounds. Methane ( CH4) is the fundamental compound formed by carbon. The compound formed by the combination of carbon and hydrogen is known as a hydrocarbon.
Types of carbon compounds
There are mainly two types of carbon compounds.
Saturated carbon compounds
Saturated carbon compounds in which various carbon atoms in a ring or a chain are connected by single bonds only. Alkanes are the most common examples of saturated chain carbon compounds. Ethane (CH2CH6) is a member of the alkane family.
Unsaturated carbon compounds
Unsaturated carbon compounds in which double or triple bonds are bound together by various carbon atoms in a ring or chain. The most popular examples of unsaturated carbon compounds are alkenes and alkynes. In alkenes, carbon atoms are connected by double bonds and in alkynes, ca