C3 Part 3 Flashcards
What does hydrocarbon mean?
A chemical made only of hydrogeon and carbon
What is crude oil?
A mixture of hydrocarbons
What is a alkane?
Saturated hydrocarbons
What is a alkene?
Unsaturated hydrocarbon
What is fractional distillation?
A process of seperating crude oil using the different boiling points of fractions
What does viscosity mean?
How thick a liquid is
What does combustion mean?
A reaction where a fuel is oxidised releasing heat energy
What does boiling point mean?
The temperature from which a liquid turns into a gas
What is cracking?
Breaking long alkane chains into short alkane chains
What are 2 types of cracking?
Thermal cracking
Catalyic cracking
What is the name of the formula?
CH4
Methane
What is the name of the formula?
C2H6
Ethane
What is the name of this formula?
C3H8
Propane
What is the name of the formula?
C4H10
Butane
What is the process of covalent bonding?
Non metals share their outer unpaired electrons
All outer shells appear full
There is no change in charge