Are all hydrocarbons flammable?

All hydrocarbons will burn. The technical (i.e., OSHA) definition of “flammable” is “having a flash point below 100 °F.”; if the flash point is above that they are designated “combustible”. Hydrocarbons with high molecular weights, like asphalt, mineral oil, paraffin wax, and so on, are combustible but not, technically, flammable. read more

All hydrocarbons will burn. The technical (i.e., OSHA) definition of “flammable” is “having a flash point below 100 °F.”; if the flash point is above that they are designated “combustible”. read more

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon, and thus are group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons, from which one hydrogen atom has been removed, are functional groups called hydrocarbyls. read more