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Hydrocarbon

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001022

An organic chemical compound of hydrogen and carbon in the gaseous, liquid, or solid phase. The molecular structure of hydrocarbon compounds varies from the simplest (methane, a constituent of natural gas) to the very heavy and very complex.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001022
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001022",
  "term": "Hydrocarbon",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "An organic chemical compound of hydrogen and carbon in the gaseous, liquid, or solid phase. The molecular structure of hydrocarbon compounds varies from the simplest (methane, a constituent of natural gas) to the very heavy and very complex.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/hydrocarbon/"
}

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