Unsaturated Hydrocarbon
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
An unsaturated hydrocarbon is a compound containing only Carbon and Hydrogen atoms where there is one or more double bond between Carbon atoms.
About Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons are called unsaturated because they do not contain the greatest possible number of Hydrogen atoms. This is due to the double bonds between Carbon atoms.
References
AQA
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons, page 177, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons, page 230, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons, pages 154-158-159, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA