Ethane
Eth- → death → shoe → two → 2 carbon atoms
-ane → cane → shingle → single → single carbon bond
![Ethane has 2 carbon atoms with 6 hydrogen atoms bonded](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.30 Ethane molecular bonds image resized.jpg)
Which looks like
![Ethane atomic shells bonding's](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.31 Ethane atomic shells structure .jpg)
Or
![3d image of an ethane molecule](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.32 3D Ethane molecule resized.jpg)
So ethane is C2H6.
C2H6
C2H6 is
![Ethane has 2 carbon atoms with 6 hydrogen atoms bonded](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.30 Ethane molecular bonds image resized.jpg)
Which looks like
![Ethane atomic shells bonding's](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.31 Ethane atomic shells structure .jpg)
Or
![3d image of an ethane molecule](/images/user/base/Chemistry/9. Hydrocarbons/2.9.32 3D Ethane molecule resized.jpg)
2 carbon atoms → two → shoe → death → eth-
Single carbon bond → single → shingle → cane → -ane
C2H6 = ethane