What is the physical state of the smallest.
Smallest alkanes at room temp.
The alkanes are liquids at room temp.
The answer cannot be found from this graph but rather an investigation of states of matter.
The unbranched alkanes methane ethane propane and butane are gases.
The homologues larger than hexadecane are solids.
Lower molecular weight alkanes tend to be gases and liquids while larger alkanes are solid at room temperature.
They are not very reactive molecules and do not have biological activity.
Alkanes tend to make good fuels.
Alkanes that have more than three carbon atoms form structural isomers.
Properties and uses of alkanes.
What is the smallest straight chain alkane that is a liquid at room temperature which is about 25 c.
Since nonane c9h20 is beyond that it has to be a liquid not a gas.
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The alkanes can exist as gases liquids or solids at room temperature.
There is a drop in entropy when the alkanes change from gases to liquids at room temperature.
What is the smallest straight chain alkane that is a liquid at room temperature which is about 25 c.
Methane ethane propane and butane are all gases at room temperature.
The smallest straight chain alkane that is liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is.
And pressure starting with pentane c5h12.
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Pentane through hexadecane are liquids.