Intro to hydrocarbons Flashcards
Gas use
Cooking & heating
Petrol/gasoline use
Fuel for cars
Naphtha use
Makingother products
Kerosene/jet fuel
Heating buildings and fuel for aircraft
Diesel
Fuel for cars, lorries (trucks),and trains
Lubricating oil
Making machine parts move easily
Bitumen/ asphalt
Making roads
Atom
The smallest part of a substancethat can exist
Molecule
This consists of any numberof atoms that are bonded together
Boiling point
The temperature when a liquidchanges into a gas
Mixture
Combinations of substances without forming new molecule

ring

straight chain

branching chain
There are three differentatoms in hydrocarbons.
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Hydrocarbons are useful because they contain a lot of energy.
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This is methane:

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Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases.
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Hydrocarbonswith five carbon atoms are gases.
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Diesel boils at a higher temperature than gasoline.
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Naphthasare good fuels.
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Bitumen is solid.
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Methane CH4

Ethane C2H6

Propane C3H8

Butane C4H10




The size of the molecule influences
physical properties

Gasoline - naphtha - kerosene - diesel - fuel oil - bitumen
difference between small molecules and large molecules





units of measure in oil and gas

Here are some important units of measure by:
- Volume
- Weight
- Thermal Energy Units
Here are some important units of measure for gas
