3. Draw straight chain 'ball and stick' models of methane, ethane, propane, butane and octane. Include each one's chemical formula. Do you notice a pattern in the chemical formulae? What is it? 4.

Isomers are compounds with the same molecular formulae but different structural formulae. They have the same number of each type of atom. They can be part of the same or different homologous ...

The separation of gaseous hydrocarbon isomers by thermal diffusion has been demonstrated. Experiments were made in a Clusius column and mixtures analyzed by a mass spectrometer. Binary mixtures of ...