Hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbons are long chains of carbon with hydrogen such as can be found in gasoline and other petroleum products. When released into the atmosphere via incomplete combustion such as the two-stroke engines found in leaf blowers, they can cause problems.
| hydrocarbon | number of carbons | boiling point |
|---|---|---|
| methane | 1 | -161C |
| ethane | 2 | -88C |
| propane | 3 | -42C |
| butane | 4 | -1C to 1C |
| pentane | 5 | 39C |
| hexane | 6 | 68.5C |
| heptane | 7 | 99C |
| octane | 8 | 125C to 126C |
| nonane | 9 | 150C to 151.4C |
| decane | 10 | 173.8C to 174.4C |
| undecane | 11 | 196C |