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C1-Carbon Chemisty Flashcards

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1
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What are the difficulties associated with the finite nature of crude oil?

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Finding replacements

All the readily extractable resources will be used up in the future

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2
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List the order of the fractional distillation column from the lowest boiling point to the highest ?

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LPG,Petrol,Paraffin,Diesel,Heating oil,fuel oils,Bitumen

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3
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Why can crude oil be separated?

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Because the hydrocarbons in different fraction have differently sized molecules

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4
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how can unstable countries cause problems for UK citizens regarding oil

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oil-producing countries can raise their prices and cause problems for non-oil prodcuing countries

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5
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what fraction is used to make medicines

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naphtha

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6
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what is the process of cracking

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cracking turns large alkane molecules into smaller alkene molecules

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7
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why are alkene molecules used to make polymers

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because they have a double bond

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8
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why does craking help oil manufactures

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cracking helps oil manufactures meet demand with products like petrol

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9
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why are goverments concerned about the amount of fossil fuels being burned

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increasing carbon dioxide emissions

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10
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burning a hydrocarbon in plenty of air produces?

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carbon dioxide and water

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11
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define complete combustion

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Complete combustion occurs when a fuel burns in plenty of oxegen

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12
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Does incomplete combustion or complete comvbustion prodcue more enrgy

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Complete combustion

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13
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what two things are made during incomplete combustion

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toxic gas (carbon monoxide) and soot (carbon)

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14
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what are the word equations for incomplete combustion are;

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fuel+oxegen->carbon monoxide +water
OR
fuel +oxegen->carbon +water

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15
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what is the balanced symbol equation for complete combustion

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CH,4+2O,2->CO,2+2H,2O

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16
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what is the balanced symbol equation for incomplete combustion

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2CH,4+3O,2->2CO+4H,2O

OR

CH,4+O,2->C+2H,2O

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17
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what is the percentages of clean air

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78%nitrogen,21%oxygen,and of the remaining 1% 0.035 is carbon dioxide

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18
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why do the percentages of clean air change very little

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becasue there is a balence between the processes that use them up and make both carbon dioxide and oxzegen

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19
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what 2 things have made the percentage of carbon dioxide increase

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  • deforestation as more forests are cut down , less photosynthesis takes place
  • increased population the worlds energy requirements increse
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20
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what is one theory for how oceans formed and how the current percentages of the atmosphere came about

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The atmosphere was originally rich in water vapour and carbon dioxide nitorgen slowly increased \nd being unreactive little was ever removed

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21
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sulfur dioxide is a pollutant that causes difficulty for people with ?

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asthma

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22
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Sulfur dioxide can also form ?

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acid rain that damages wildllife and buildings made form limestone

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23
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A catalytic converter changes carbon monoxide to

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Carbon dioxide

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24
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inside a catalylic converter a reaction between ……………………………. takes place

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nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

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25
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inside a catalylic converter a reaction between ……………………………. takes place the two gases formed are natural components of air

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nitorgen and carbon dioxide

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26
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The symbol equation for a catalyst cnverter

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2CO+2NO->N^2+2CO^2

27
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A hydrocarbon is

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A compound that only contains hydrogen and carbon atoms

28
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Alkenes have

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SINGLE COVALENT BONDS ONLY

29
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Akanes have

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DOUBLE COVALENT BONDS BETWEEN CARBON ATOMS

30
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How would you test for a alkene

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Bromine water(it would go colourless)

31
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bromine + alkene

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A dibromo compound which is couroless

32
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saturated compound means

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Single bonds between carbon atoms NO DOUBLE BOND BETWEEN CARBON ATOMS

33
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An unsaturated compound

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At least one double bond between carbon atoms

34
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Additional polymerisation is the process where

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many alkene monomers react atto give a polymer (this needs high temperature and a catalyst

35
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Additional polymerisation involes the reaction of many

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unsaturated monomer molecules

36
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PTFE stands for?

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Polytetrafluroethene / Polyurethane membrane

37
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PTFE is too …….. and so has to laminated onto ……..

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fragile , nylon

38
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atoms in polymers are held together by strong

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covalent bonds

39
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Plastics that have ……..intermolecular forces between polymer molecules have low melting points

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weak

40
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Plastics that have ……..intermolecular forces between polymer molecules have high melting points

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strong

41
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molecules in eggs and meat permanently change shape when eggs and meat are cooked

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protein

42
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Denaturing is

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when a protein is cooked

43
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the texture of the egg or meat changes texture when

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cooked becaues theychage permantly

44
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Potatoe is a ……………………..

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carbohydrate which is easier to digest becasue the cells of th potatoe rupture

45
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Baking powder is

A

Sodium hydrogen carbonate

46
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when its heats up it ………………………… to giver carbon dioxide

A

breaks down

47
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the word equation for decompostion of of sodium hydrogen carbonate is

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Sodium hydrogen carbonate->sodium carbonate+carbon dioxide+water

48
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The head is (emulsifiers)

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water loving

49
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The tail is (emulsifiers)

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water hating

50
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………… react with………….. to make an ester and water

A

Alchols and acids

51
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ester are used to make ………….

A

perfums

52
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A Perfume must have the following properties

A 
Evaporate easilly 
Non toxic
not react with water
not irritate skin 
Insoluble to waster
53
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A solution is

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mixture of a solvent and solute

54
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The volatility or ease of evaporation can be explained in terms of

A

Kinetic energy

55
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In order to evaporate

A

particles need sufficient kinetic energy

56
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paint is a ……… where the particles are mixed and dispersed with particles of a liquid but are not …………

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colloid,dissolved

57
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Most paints dry because

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they are applied in thin layers and the solvents evaporates

58
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emullsions are …………. paints that dry when the ……………

A

water, solvent evaporates

59
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oil paints dry because

A
  • the solvent evaporates

- the oil is oxidised by the atmospheric oxygen

60
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Thermochemical pigments change………. at different temperature

A

Colour

61
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Thermochemical pigments are used in

A

kettles
mugs
babies spoons
thermomters

62
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Phosphorescent pigments

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glow in the dark

63
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How do Phosphorescent pigments glow in the dark

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absorb and store energy then they release the energy as alight over a period of time

GCSE Chemistry C1-C6 (3 decks)

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