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Hydrocarbon that is liquid at room temperature is:

A

(a) Ethane

B

(b) Propane

C

(c) Butane

D

(d) Pentane

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D
`C_(1)--C_(4)` are gases, `C_(5)--C_(17)` are liquids, and `C_(18)` onwards are colourless waxy solids.
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