4.5 Organic 1 Flashcards
Where does crude oil come from?
Fossilisation
Is crude oil a finite resource T or F?
T
What is crude oil?
A mixture of hydrocarbons
Define a hydrocarbon
A compound that only contains hydrogen and carbon
Give a method used to obtain ethanol from a mixture of ethanol and water?
Fractional Distillation
What would happen to the size of the hydrocarbon molecules if the boiling point increases?
Higher Boiling point due to a higher RFM more energy is required as there are more electrons
What happens to the colour of hydrocarbons if the RFM increases?
Become darker
What is viscosity?
How thick something is
Give the order of fractions?
Refinery Gases, Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel, Fuel Oil, Bitumen
Is the BP of fractions higher at bitumen or refinery gases?
Higher at Bitumen
Is the RFM of fractions higher at bitumen or refinery gases?
Higher at Bitumen
Is the colour of fractions darker at bitumen or refinery gases?
Darker at Bitumen
Is the viscosity of fractions higher at bitumen or Gasoline?
Very Viscous (higher) at Bitumen
Give the use of refinery gases?
Camping Stoves
Give the use of Gasoline?
Fuel for cars
Give the use of Kerosene?
Fuel for planes
Give the use of Diesel?
Fuel for lorries
Give the use of Fuel oil?
Fuel for ships
Give the use of Bitumen?
Making roads
Give the steps to finding fractions? (6 steps)
- Heat crude oil until it vaporises
- Longest fractions stay as liquid falling to the bottom
- Fractioning column is hotter at the bottom & cooler at top
- Vapour rides until it reaches BP where it condenses
- Collected as mixtures with similar BP
6.Shortest chains found at top of column, opposite at bottom.
Name all 6 Alkanes and how many carbons & Hydrocarbons they have?
Methane (1,4)
Ethane (2,6)
Propane (3,8)
Butane (4,10)
Pentane (5,12)
Hexane (6,14)
What are Alkanes?
Saturated Hydrocarbons (no double bonds)
Give the general formula of Alkanes?
CnH2n+2