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Alkanes Flashcards

1
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Are alkanes saturated or unsaturated?

A

Saturated

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2
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What does saturated mean?

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Contains no double bonds.

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3
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What is petroleum?

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Crude oil - a mixture of different length hydrocarbons.

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4
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Is the fractioning column cooler towards the top or bottom?

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Cooler towards the top.

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5
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What length hydrocarbons exit the column at the top?

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Shortest.

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6
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Why do short chain hydrocarbons exit at the top?

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They have a lower boiling point.

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7
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What are the uses for gases?

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*liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
*camping gas

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8
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What is the use for petrol (gasoline)?

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Petrol in vehicles.

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9
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What is the use for naptha?

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Processed to make petrochemicals.

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10
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What are the uses for kerosene (paraffin)?

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*jet fuels
*petrochemicals
*central heating fuel

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11
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What are the uses for diesel oil?

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*diesel fuel
*central heating fuel

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12
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What is the use for mineral oil?

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Lubricating oil.

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13
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What are the uses for bitumen?

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*roofing
*road surfacing

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14
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What is cracking?

A

Breaking longer chain alkanes into shorter chain hydrocarbons.

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15
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What are the conditions in thermal cracking?

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*high temperature (1000°C)
*high pressure (70atm)

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16
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What are the main products of thermal cracking?

A

Alkenes.

17
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What are the products of thermal cracking used for?

A

Making polymers (plastics).

18
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What are the conditions in catalytic cracking?

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*high temperature (450°C)
*slight pressure
*zeolite catalyst

19
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What are the main products of catalytic cracking?

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*aromatic hydrocarbons
*motor fuels

20
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What does the catalyst in catalytic cracking enable?

A

*lower pressure and temperature
*lower cost
*faster reaction

21
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Why are alkanes good fuels?

A

Most burn readily and produce large amounts of energy.

22
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What are the products of complete combustion?

A

Carbon dioxide and water.

23
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What are the products of incomplete combustion?

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*carbon monoxide (+ water)
*carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide (+ water)
*carbon/soot (+water)

24
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How does a catalytic converter remove carbon monoxide?

A

It reacts it with oxygen to make carbon dioxide (less harmful).

25
Q

Describe the greenhouse effect.

A

Carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) absorbs infra red radiation from the sun and emit some of it back to earth, making it warmer.

26
Q

How are oxides of nitrogen produced?

A

High pressures and temperatures in the engine cause nitrogen and oxygen from the air to react together.

27
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How do nitrogen oxides increase smog?

A

Hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides react in sunlight, forming ground-level ozone (O3), which is a major component of smog.

28
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What problems does ground-level ozone cause?

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*irritates eyes
*aggrevates respiratory problems
*causes lung damage

29
Q

How is acid rain formed?

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*sulfur reacts with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide when fossil fuels burnt
*rises into the atmosphere and combines with water vapor to form sulfuric acid
*also happens with nitrogen oxides, which form nitric acid

30
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What problems does acid rain cause?

A

*damages vegetation
*kills aquatic life
*erodes limestone builidings

31
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What does a catalytic converter do?

A

Reduce the emissions of unburnt hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.

32
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What is wet scrubbing?

A

Using an alkali to neutralise sulfur dioxide in flue gases.

33
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How is sulfur dioxide removed from flue gases?

A

*calcium carbonate/oxide is dissolved in water to from alkaline slurry
*spayed on flue gases
*sulfur dioxide reacts with calcium compounds and forms calcium sulphite

34
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What are the steps involved in free radical substitution?

A

*initiation
*propagation
*termination

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