Simply by observing the existence of the Cherenkov radiation from a particle, one can determine its relative velocity with respect to the light speed in medium. Knowing that, one can determine the particle momentum.
It is a ring formed carbon skeleton. The smallest possible cyclic hydrocarbon is cyclopropane (triangular C3H6) together with cyclobutane both being rather unstable (degration to linear propene and 1-butene). Five and six membered rings are quite common.
an organic compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen By definition, a compound contains at least two elements. The simplest organic compounds contain only carbon and hydrogen and are called hydrocarbons. alkane a hydrocarbon containing only single covalent bonds; alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons Methane and ethane are examples of alkanes. An alkane is a hydrocarbon in which there are only single covalent bonds. In any alkane, all the carbon-carbon bonds are single covalent bonds, and all the other bonds are carbon-hydrogen bonds.