Aliphatic hydrocarbon

Diagram of an alphatic hydrocarbon.

The aliphatic hydrocarbons are organic compounds made up of carbon and hydrogen whose character is not aromatic.

The simplest acyclic aliphatic compounds are alkanes, linear hydrocarbon groups with the formula CH₃-(CH₂)_n-CH₃.

If the aliphatic chain closes into a ring, the compound is called an alicyclic hydrocarbon or cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon. Of these, the simplest are the cycloalkanes.

Uses

For the study and evaluation of the analytical method, n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane and n-nonane have been considered as representative compounds of this organic family. However, this method of analysis can be applied to compounds of the same family such as n-pentane, n-decane, etc.

Acetylene.

The method "Determination of aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, n-nonane) in air - Activated carbon adsorption method / Gas chromatography", is a method accepted by the Spanish National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (INSHT). An accepted method is understood to be a method used in the INSHT and that has been subjected to a validation protocol by competent official organizations in the area of standardization of analytical methods, or has been adopted as a recommended method by professional associations dedicated to the study and risk assessment for chemical agents, as well as those methods recommended by the CE or based on methods widely known and evaluated by specialists in this type of reaction analysis.