Name the hydrocarbon which :

(e) is known as paraffin,

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Alkanes are also called paraffins methane, ethane etc are examples of paraffins.

Paraffin is a soft colourless solid derived from petroleum, coal or oil shale that consists of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbon molecules.

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