7.1.1 Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes Flashcards
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What is crude oil? (2)
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- finite resource found in rocks
- remains of an ancient biomass consisting mainly of plankton that was buried in mud
2
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What is crude oil a mixture of?
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- a very large number of compounds
- most of the compounds are hydrocarbons
- most of the hydrocarbons = alkanes
3
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What are hydrocarbons?
A
molecules of hydrogen and carbon only
4
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General formula for the homologous series of alkanes
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5
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Displayed formula for the first four alkanes
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