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Hydrocarbons are molecules of carbon hydrogen and oxygen that have different chemical and physical properties depending on the structure of their bonding. Hydrocarbon gas is also known as natural gas and forms in the Earth's crust from decomposing organic matter.
Correspondingly, what is the use of hydrocarbon gases?
Uses of Hydrocarbons The most important use of hydrocarbons is for fuel. Gasoline, natural gas, fuel oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, coal, kerosene, and propane are just some of the commonly used hydrocarbon fuels. Hydrocarbons are also used to make things, including plastics and synthetic fabrics such as polyester.
One may also ask, what is hydrocarbon fuel?
Dear Amy: Hydrocarbon fuels are basically the same as fossil fuels. So hydrocarbons are chemical compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon. The simplest of these is methane, natural gas. Oil is a hydrocarbon fuel because it's made up of various different compounds rather like methane, but it is liquid rather than gas.
Natural gas (also called fossil gas) is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.