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Crude Oil Flashcards

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What is crude oil and how is it used?

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Crude oil is a hydrocarbon - it needs to be split into fractions to be useful

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What is an alkane?

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An alkane is a hydrocarbon with the formula

CnH2n+2

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What is an alkene?

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An alkene is a hydrocarbon with a double bond with the formula
CnH2n

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What is cracking and how does it work?

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Cracking makes long hydrocarbons shorter

Requires heat to break down the hydrocarbons

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How is ethanol ( alcohol ) produced?

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Reacted with steam

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What is the test for an alkene?

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Bromine water

Goes from red to orange to colourless if present

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How can hydrocarbons be broken down into smaller molecules

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Cracking

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What kind of reaction happens when large hydrocarbons are broken down

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Thermal decomposition

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What conditions are needed for cracking of large hydrocarbons?

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Heat hydrocarbons and vapourise them

Then pass there’s vapours over a catalyst

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What is polymerisation

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Small molecules are joined to make longer , more useful molecules

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2 examples of polymers ?

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Poly( ethane)

Poly( propene)

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What determines the properties of polymers

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What they are made from and the conditions under which they are made

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6 uses of polymers

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New packaging 
Waterproof coating 
Dental polymers 
Hyrogels
Smart materials
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What are the problems with Polymers

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Often polymers are not biodegradable causing issues with disposal

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What is thermal decomposition ?

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The breaking up of a molecule using heat

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What is a monomer?

What is a polymer?

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Monomer - single molecules of a chemical such as ethane

Polymer - more than one monomer joined together such as poly(ethane)

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Crude oil is a mixture - what is a mixture ?

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2 or more elements of compounds which are not chemically joined

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What is fractional distillation?

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A way to separate a mixture into different fractions, based on boiling point
Different hydrocarbons evaporate at different temperatures after which they are considered

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Why can combustion be termed as oxidation reaction?

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Combustion involves oxygen being added to the fuel

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Why is cornstarch used as a replacement for some previous polymers ?

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It is biodegradable polymer which breaks down more easily

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