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9.2 Alkanes from Natural Gas Flashcards

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What is solubility theory?

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Non-polar substances (oil) do not dissolve in polar substances (water).
Some ionic substances (limestone) are slightly soluble in water, and no ionic substances dissolve in oil

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What composition is natural gas primarily?

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Methane

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What is the smallest Alkane molecule?

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Methane

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What is an Alkane?

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A class of hydrocarbons that contain single bonds and only carbon and hydrogen atoms

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What do impurities do to natural gas?

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Make it “sour”

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What does it mean for natural gas to be sour?

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It contains hydrogen sulphide gas which is very toxic

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What happens to Hydrogen Sulphide when mixed with water?

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Acidic solution

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What effects does hydrogen sulphide gas have on humans?

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It is deadly

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What is the first step when raw natural gas reaches a treatment plant?

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Water and liquid hydrocarbons are removed from the gas before it is chemically refined in an absorber tower

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What happens in the chemical process of refining natural gas?

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The sour natural gas reacts with an an amine under a high temperature

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What happens as a result of gas reacting with an amine?

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The amine sweetens the gas by removing the hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide gasses

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What happens when hydrogen sulphide is removed from natural gas?

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It reacts with oxygen to produce sulphur dioxide. It is then sent to a sulphur recovery unit containing claus converters

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What do claus converters do to hydrogen sulphide and sulphur oxide?

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It turns it to elemental sulphur and water vapor

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What does naturally sweet natural gas need to have done on it?

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It needs to have water, liquid hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide removed

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What happens as natural gas as it moves to a fractional distillation plant?

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The natural gas is cooled under high pressure to condense all the components except methane gas. The condensed portion is then distilled to separate out the different gases

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What is methane used for?

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Heating homes, fueling taxis, producing hydrogen and methanol

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What is propane used for?

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Heating homes and vacation trailers, fueling BBQs and stoves

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What is pentane used for?

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Winter additive to gasoline for greater vaporization

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What is the molecular formula for alkanes?

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CnH2n+2

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What is a homologous series?

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A sequence of molecules with similar structure and differing only the number of repeating units

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What are saturated hydrocarbons?

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Compounds of carbon and hydrogen containing only carbon-carbon single bonds with the maximum number of hydrogen atoms bound to each carbon

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What are 2 classifications of alkanes?

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Homologous series and saturated hydrocarbons

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What does the prefix of each alkane represent?

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The number of carbon atoms in the molecule

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What are structural isomers?

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Compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structures

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What does the name of a compound indicate in terms of structure?

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Weather there are branches on a carbon chain

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What do prefixes determine in terms of structure of a compound?

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They identify groups of atoms that form branches on the structures of larger molecules

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What is a branch?

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Any group of atoms that is not part of the main structure of the molecule

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What is an alkyl branch?

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A branch consisting of only singly bonded carbon and hydrogen atoms

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What do they names of alkyl branches look like?

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The prefixes are followed by a -yl suffix ex. methyl

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How are branched Alkanes named?

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First identify the parent chain, then identify what the branch’s name is. The branch name is used as a prefix while the regular names is left.

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What is a cycloalkane?

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When the carbon-carbon bonds in a cyclic hydrocarbon are single bonds

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How are cycloalkanes named?

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By placing the prefix cyclo in front of the alkane name

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