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C1.5 Other useful substances from crude oil Flashcards

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What is the process of cracking?

A

Heating hydrocarbons to vaporise them
The vapours are either passed over a hot catalyst or mixed with steam and heated to a very high temperature so that thermal decomposition reactions then occur

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What are the products of cracking?

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Unsaturated hydrocarbons called alkenes

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3
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Name some alkenes (2)

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Ethene

Propene

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4
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What does this = mean in a displayed structure?

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It has a double bond

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What can alkenes be used to make?

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Polymers

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What are polymers used for?

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  • New packaging materials
  • Waterproof coatings for fabrics
  • Dental polymers, wound dressings
  • Hydrogels, smart materials (including shape memory polymers).
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What is another process for making ethanol?

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fermentation with yeast

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