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c7 - organic chemistry Flashcards

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what are hydrcarbons

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made up of only hydrogen and carbon atoms only

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what is crude oil

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the remains of an ancient biomass consisting of mainly plankton buried in mud
a mixture of a very large number of compounds

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alkanes

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simplest type of hydrocarbon
have the general formula
CnH2n+2

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what are the first four members of the alkanes

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methane - CH4
ethane - C2H6
propane - C3H6
butane - C4H10

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what is fractional distillation used for

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to seperate hydrocarbons that are in crude oil into fractions

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