Give reason: Hydrocarbons are excellent fuels. - Vidyadip

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Give reason:
Hydrocarbons are excellent fuels.

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Hydrocarbons such as alkanes undergo combustion reactions with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water vapour. Alkanes are flammable which makes them excellent fuels.
Methane, for example, is the principal component of natural gas.
$CH_4 + 2O_2 \rightarrow CO_2 + 2H_2O$

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