The term paraffin means little affinity. The other name for paraffins are alkanes. Do you know the reason why alkanes are known as paraffins? This is because alkanes are relatively inert to some common chemical reagents like acids, alkalis etc. It is important to note that alkanes are represented as CnH2n+ 2.
Remember that alkanes are defined as aliphatic saturated hydrocarbons with no functional groups.
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