Hello MD,
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that constitute of mainly Hydrogen, carbon atoms. Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic are the 4 types of Hydrocarbons. Examples include: Natural gas, Methane, butane, propane, pentane and hexane etc.
Polythene (ethylene ) is also a type of hydrocarbon.
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