Question

what is meant by hydrocarbons​

Answer 1

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups called hydrocarbyls.

Answer 2

any of a class of compounds containing onlyhydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane,CH4, an alkene, ethylene, C2H4, an alkyne,acetylene, C2H2, or an aromatic compound,benzene, C6H6.