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1
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define a polymer

A

large molecules built up from small units (or monomers)

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how does addition polymerisation work?

in terms of bonds

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  • C=C double bond in alkenes is removed to produce a C-C single bond
  • the bonds then join with unsaturated molecules to form a long saturated polymer
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how do you produce an addition polymerisation reaction?

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react alkenes together at high pressure and a catalyst

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what is special about addition polymerisation reactions compared to condensation polymerisation?

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  • addition polymerisation only produces one product
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how would you generally represent the product of an addition polymerisation reaction?

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as a repeating unit (so the alkane , with two lines sticking out of the bracket), and a small n

  • REMEMBER ALKANE NLY HAS ONE LINE BETWEEN THEM AS BONDS HAVE OPENED UP *
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what does the polymer name depend on?

eg. if propene is monomer, what is the polymer name?

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depends on the name of the monomer

  • propene becomes poly(propene)
  • MONOMER NAME REMAINS SAME, BUT BOND DIAGRAM DOES NOT*
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what is an addition polymerisation reaction simply?

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when small monomers (alkenes) join together to form one large polymer (saturated hydrocarbon chain)

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what is a condensation reaction?

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two molecules reacting together to produce one large molecule and a water molecule

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how many functional groups must there be within a monomer for it to react? (during a condensation reaction)

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  • at least 2
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what do functional groups allow a monomer to do?

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join to another monomer (as it has one on each side so can form a long chain)

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how many monomers does each polymer (produced by a condensation reaction) usually contain?

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100s or 1000s of monomers

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12
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what functional groups react together to produce a polyester?
(and how many of each one)

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2 -OH groups (from alcohols) - HYDROXYL group

2 -COOH groups (from carboxylic acids) - CARBOXYL group

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what is produced when a polyester is formed?

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  • an ester group ‘‘-COO-“

- water

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what functional groups react together to produce a polyamide? - and how many of each one ,k
(and what makes up an amide group)

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2 carboxyl groups (-COOH)

2 animo groups (-NH2)

-CONH

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15
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why are polyesters given their name?

and name the bond

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  • contain many ester groups (-COO-)
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why are polyamides given their name?

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  • contain many amide groups (-CONH-)
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what is a real life example of a polyamide?

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a protein

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18
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explain how water is produced when a polyester is made

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  • OH lost off COOH group
  • H lost of OH group
  • CO and O join together to make a polyester
  • OH and H lost join to form water
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how do you represent a polymer after a condensation reaction?

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using block diagrams (each block would represent a hydrocarbon group)

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what 3 factors are needed to carry out a Addition reaction?

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  • high pressure
  • high temperature
  • with a catalyst

(addition,. condensation can occur without a catalyst at room temp and pressure)

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21
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how would you produce a polyester in a school lab?

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  • heat together an alcohol + carboxylic acid

in presence of an acid catalyst

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22
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uses of polyesters?

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clothing/fizzy drink bottles

ie. a polyester named PET

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uses of polyamides?

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clothing/ carpets

ie. polyamide named nylon

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24
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what is DNA?

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a polymer made from monomers (called nucleotides)

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what does a nucleotide (in DNA) consist of?

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  • a phosphate group
  • deoxyribose sugar
  • an organic base
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26
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what bond forms between opposite bases within DNA?

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hydrogen bonds

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27
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how many naturally occuring proteins (she means amino acids) are there?

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how do animo acids join from end to end?

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as they have a reactive functional group on each end

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29
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what does sucrose consist of?

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simple sugars joined together (glucose + fructose)

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30
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what determines the reactions of organic compounds?

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the generality of reactions of functional groups

BASICALLY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS CONTROL HOW ORGANIC COMPOUNDS REACT

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31
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define crude oil

A

a complex mixture of hydrocarbons (mainly alkanes)

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32
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why is crude oil able to be separated using fractional distillation?

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as the different alkanes that make up the mixture have different boiling points

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33
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how is crude oil made?

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  • from the remains of dead marine creatures that lived millions of years ago
  • these became buried deep in the sea bed after they died / rocks
  • (pressure and temperature ?) chemical reactions eventually turned them into crude oil
34
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explain (in terms of intermolecular forces), why fractional distillation is used to separate crude oil

A
  • alkanes have different boiling points SINCE
  • they have different numbers of carbon molecules (and therefore have different sized carbon chains)
  • longer chained alkanes have a higher boiling point
  • as the intermolecular forces between them are stronger
35
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why do alkanes within crude oil have different boiling points?

A
  • have different number of carbon molecules
  • which affects chain length
  • a longer chain length means intermolecular forces between them are stronger
  • and so has a high boiling point
36
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name the fractions when separating crude oil (highest to lowest)

A 
LPG
Petrol
Paraffin
Diesel
Heating Oil
Fuel Oil
Bitumen
37
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what is the mnemonic to remember the name of the fractions?

A

..

38
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describe the separation of crude oil by fractional distillation

A
  • oil is heated in the fractionating column
  • it evaporates
  • hydrocarbons condense on designated fraction + are extracted
  • each fraction contains substances with similar boiling points
39
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which gases have the lowest boiling points?

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  • refinery gases
    ie. methane, ethane, propane, butane

(leaves through LPG at the top)

40
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spec - describe the fractions

A

fractions = largely a mixture of compounds of formula CnH2n+2 which are members of the alkane homologous series

41
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2 uses of crude oil

A

crude oil is the ……… source of …………… and is a …………… for the ……………….. industry

main, hydrocarbons, feedstock, petrochemical

42
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how is modern life crucially dependant upon hydrocarbons?

A

each fraction obtained is used for something

ie. for plastics/oil/petrol

43
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what is bitumen used for?

A

making roads

44
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what is the paraffin fraction used for?

A

jet fuel

45
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what kind of resource is crude oil?

A

finite resource

46
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what is cracking?

A

a chemical reaction where large alkane molecules are converted to smaller alkene and alkane molevules

47
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what are the conditions required for cracking to occur?

A

high temperature 600-700, catalyst - alumina or silica, closed system

48
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describe what happens in cracking?

A
  • hydrocarbons (separated by fractional distillation) are
    heated to a high temperature
  • then passed over a catalyst of alumina or silica
49
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what chemical reaction happens exactly during cracking?

in terms of bonds

A

the covalent bonds between the atoms (in large alkane molecules) break

50
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why is cracking carried out?

A
  • fractional distillation produces more long chained alkanes than short chained
  • which are less useful
  • cracking helps to produce more short chained (which are more useful)

MD:

  • fractions with relatively large alkane molecules have high b.ps
  • these do not flow easily and are difficult to ignite, so they are not useful as fuels
  • fractions with relatively small alkane molecules have low boiling points - flow more easily, easier to ignite = more useful as fuels
51
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what are small alkanes generally used for?

A

fuels

52
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what are alkenes generally used for?

A

making plastic polymers

53
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why are short chain alkenes more combustible?

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as they have a low boiling point

54
Q

how does a chemical cell work?

A

produces a potential difference until the reactants are used up

55
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give the advantages of hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells

A
  • no combustion (so no waste products)
  • greater efficiency
  • only emits water
  • compact + lightweight
  • no moving parts = more durable
56
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disadvantages of hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells

A
  • need fossil fuels to produce hydrogen (not found by itself on earth)
  • storage of hydrogen fuel is difficult
  • hydrogen fuel is highly explosive
  • poisonous catalyst used
57
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what is the word equation to model the chemical reaction occurring in a hydrogen-oxygen cell

A

hydrogen + oxygen -> water

58
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how do hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells work?

A
  • hydrogen enters cell
  • it becomes oxidised at the anode (+)
  • electrons lost then travel around the external circuit to the cathode (generating
    electricity)
  • to the cathode (as there is a potential difference)
  • hydrogen ions travel through the electrolyte = travel through PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE
  • they then react with the oxygen coming from other inlet
  • and produce water
59
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what charges do each electrodes have in an hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell?

A

anode (+) LEFT

cathode (-) RIGHT

60
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what is the point of an addition reaction?

A

create a polymer (polyester or polyamide)

61
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Thermosetting polymers

A
  • strong covalent bonds between layers 
- can’t be reshaped easily
62
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Thermosoftening polymers

A

Can be reshaped when heated
Easily separated 
Can move over each other

63
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What are thermosetting vs softening polymers

A

Plastics can be put into one of two categories, depending on how they respond when heated.

Thermosoftening plastics melt when they are heated. Most plastics that we come across in everyday life are thermosoftening plastics. This means that they can be recycled, which involves melting them before making a new product.

Thermosoftening plastics do not have covalent bonds between neighbouring polymer molecules, so the molecules can move over each other when heated and the plastic melts.

Thermosoftening plastics with no cross links between the polymer molecules
Thermosoftening plastics have no cross links between the polymer molecules

Thermosetting plastics do not melt when heated. They tend to char and burn when heated, but they are resistant to much higher temperatures than thermosoftening plastics. They are used to make electrical plugs, which must not melt, even if there is a malfunction and the wiring inside gets hot.

The polymer structure of a thermosetting plastic.
The covalent bonds in this thermosetting plastic are strong and prevent the plastic melting when it is heated

64
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Define condensation polymerisation

A

involves monomers with two functional groups. When these monomers react they join together and produce water molecule(s)

65
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What must the two monomers have in common for the condensation polymerisation reaction to occur?

A

The same functional groups

66
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How do amino acids react

A

Amino acids react by condensation polymerisation to produce polypeptides. Different amino acids can be combined in the same chain to produce the polypeptide

67
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Read c629 and look at the pictures

A

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68
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How a chemical cell works - 3 - detailed

A
  • exothermic reactions in the cell develop a potential difference or voltage between its two ends
  • when the cell is connected to an electrical circuit, a current flows through the cell and the components of the cell
  • this continues until one of the reactants is used up - the cell ‘goes flat’ and can no longer provide a potential difference
69
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Examples pf chemical cells

A

Batteries in portable devices such as mobile phones and torches

70
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What does a (hydrogen-oxygen) fuel cell do in a senetce

A
  • produces electricity through a chemical reaction between a fuel and oxygen, without combustion happening
71
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Overall symbol equation of reaction in hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell (state symbols) + words

  • what type of reaction
A

Hydrogen reactions with oxygen in an endothermic reaction to produce water vapour:

2H2(g) + O2(g) —> 2H2O(g)

72
Q

1st step of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell w/ words and equations
state symbols

A

1 - hydrogen molecules lose electrons and become hydrogen ions:

2H2(g) —> 4H+(aq) + 4e-

Hydrogen ions pass through a ‘proton exchange membrane’ to the other side of the fuel cell, and electrons travel through the external circuit to the other side of the fuel cell

73
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2nd step of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell w/ words and equations
Statesybols

A

2 - hydrogen ions combine with oxygen and electrons at the other side to form water vapour:

4H+(aq) + O2(g) + 4e- —> 2H2O(g)

74
Q

Why fractional distillation alone not good enough (2), and why cracking helps (2)

A

Fractional distillation alone produces:

  • more of the fractions with large molecules and high boiling points that can be sold
  • not enough of the fractions with small molecules and low b.ps that are in high demand
  • Cracking helps an oil refinery match its supply of useful products, such as petrol, with its customers’ demand for them.
  • cracking also produces alkenes - these are useful for making polymers
75
Q

Carboxylic acid + alcohol

  • what kind of reaction
  • forms what
A
  • condensation reactions
  • organic compound called esters
  • water
76
Q

Ethanoic acid + ethanol

- word + symbol equatiobs

A

Ethanoic acid + ethanol —> ethyl ethanoate + water

CH3COOH + C2H5OH —> CH3COOC2H5 + H2O

77
Q

propanoic acid + ethanol

A

The ester:

Ethyl propanoate

78
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Naming esters:

A
  • change the name of the parent alcohol to end in –yl
  • change the name of the parent acid to end in –oate
  • alcohol name goes to the front, acid name to the back
79
Q

Propanol + ethanoic acid

A

Propyl ethanoate + water

80
Q

How do fuel calls work - one card pb + include equations

A

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