Francis A. Carey
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LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA, United States
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Author of Organic Chemistry and others.
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Hydrocarbon, any of a class of organic chemical compounds composed only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). The carbon atoms join together to form the framework of the compound, and the hydrogen atoms attach to them in many different configurations. Hydrocarbons are the principal…
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