Experiment 8 Flashcards
formed by the decomposition of organic materials
methane
methane comes from dead leaves and stagnant marshes, hence the name?
Marsh gas
methane is aka by miners?
firedamp
what does the digestion of certain types of food in the body lead to?
production of methane around 50% of the intestinal gas
how do you prepare methane in a laboratory how do you collect methane?
Soda lime and anhydrous sodium acetate, water displacement
it is the first member of the alkyne series
acetylene
how many bonds does the acetylene have?
triple bond
how is acetyelene commonly prepared in the lab?
through action of water on calcium carbide
what does acetylene also produce?
ethylene
it serves as to differentiate olefins and acetylene hydrocarbons that carry at least one acidic hydrogen
acetylene
describe acetylene
colorless, odorless gas and slightly soluble
calcium carbide chemical formula?
CaC2
Potassium permanganate
KMnO4
Hexane
C6H14
Bromine
Br2