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.
What are the basic structure of a hydrocarbon and why these molecules are hydrophobic? Hydrocarbons are molecules that consist of JUST carbon and hydrogen. they are mostly fuels, such as propane. (C3H8) Hydrocarbons are hydrophobic (meaning that they repel waterâ¦) is because they are polar.