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Alkanes-as fuels Flashcards

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Complete Combustion

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when alkanes(and other hydrocarbons) react with oxygen(plenty—>carbon dioxide + water

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Incomplete Combustion

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when alkanes (and other hydrocarbons) react with oxygen(not enough)—>carbon particulate(soot)+ carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide + water

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Carbon Monoxide

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  • poisonous
    -bind to the same sites on haemoglobin (in red blood cells) that oxygen binds to: oxygen can not be carried around the body
    -Removed from exhaust gases by catalytic converters on cars
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Nitrous oxides

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