C2 Material Choices-2 Flashcards
The materials we use to make stuff are
3
Metals
Ceramics
Polymers
We can get materials from living things, like…
Cotton, Paper, Silk and Wool
Non-natural materials are actually called
Synthetic Materials
We get raw materials from
The earth’s crust, therefore they are synthetic
If you have 12 atoms in the products of a chemical reaction, you have to have…
12 producs
What things are made from oil
Fuel, lubricants, nylon,bitumen
How is crude oil refined
It goes through a process called distillation, in which hydrocarbons are separated into fractions of different melting points
Where does crude oil go
After being refined most of the oil is used in fuel, and some is used in chemical synthesis
What is the chain leangth of crude oil
It is many different lenghts
What is crude oil
It is just the oil mined from undergroud, and it only consists of hydrogen and carbon