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3rd Jul 2002, 16:38

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You are correct.

"Hydrocarbon: Any of a class of organic compounds composed only of carbon and hydrogen."

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is CH3CH2OH, which means that it is not a hydrocarbon. Arcniz probably meant to say "organic compounds".