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Why do alkanes not appear in the periodic table?
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Why do alkanes not appear in the periodic table?

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Alkanes, being saturated hydrocarbon compounds do not appear in the periodic table because periodic table consists only of elements arranged in periods and rows according to their atomic number, electronic configuration and valency.
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