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Mammoth Chemistry
Reference Periodic Table
Prop
Molecules of
propene
or
propane
have three carbon atoms.
3 = tree, prop- = propeller
To remind you that there are three carbon atoms in hydrocarbons starting with ‘prop-’, here is a
prop
eller stuck in a
tree
(three).
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