Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms bonded together with single bonds, giving them a linear shape. Butane and 2,3-dimethyl pentane are examples of alkanes. Alkanes have low polarity in their bonds and range from gases like methane to longer chain compounds.

1. Alkanes
BY REID WEBER

2. Definition
 An Alkane is a saturated hydrocarbon.
 Alkanes are made up of all single carbon to carbon
bonds.
 The shape of alkanes are linear.
 The carbon to carbon bonds of alkanes rotate freely

3. Picture
 Butane

4. Picture
 2,3 dimethyl pentane

5. Extra facts
 Alkanes have low polarity in all of the bonds
 The simplest alkane is methane and it exists as a gas

6. Summary
 Alkanes are single bonded carbon chains completely
saturated with hydrogens.
 Alkanes are the simplest hydrocarbons and they
usually have a linear shape