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Methane, CH4, is a(n) saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon

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It has only single bonds.So it is saturated
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Methane would be considered saturated because the central carbon forms 4 single bonds. I.e. the carbon atom forms the maximum amount of possible bonds and they are all single bonds, which makes it saturated.
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