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What’s a hydrocarbon

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A compound made from hydrogen and carbon only

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2
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How’s a crude oil formed

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Ancient biomass that has been subjected to heat and pressure over millions of years

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What’s an alkane

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Hydrocarbons containing only single C to C bonds

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4
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First 4 alkanes

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Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane

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5
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General formula for alkanes

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CnH2n+2

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Explain the relationship between carbon chain length and boiling point for organic molecules

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Long chain length means higher boiling point as the strength of the intermolecular forces increase this means more energy is needed to separate the molecules

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7
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How does viscosity depend on carbon chain length

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The longer the chain, the more viscous the compound

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8
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How does flammability depend on carbon chain length

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The longer the chain the less flammable the compound

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9
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How are alkanes in crude oil separated

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Fractional distillation

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10
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5 useful products from crude oil

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Fuel
Lubricants
Detergents
Polymers
Solvents

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11
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Cracking

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Breaking down large hydrocarbons into smaller ones

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12
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Conditions for cracking?

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High temp and steam
Or a catalyst

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13
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What are the products of cracking

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Smaller chain alkanes and Alkenes

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What are alkenes?

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Hydrocarbons that contain at least one C=C double bond

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15
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General formula for alkenes

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CnH2n

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16
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First four alkenes

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Ethane
Probene
Butene
Pentene

17
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What are alkenes used for

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To make polymers and as feedstock

18
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Test for alkenes

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Brewing water turns from orange to colorless if a double bond is present

19
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What’s a functional group

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A part of a compound that determines its chemical properties

20
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What are alchohols

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A group of compounds with the OH minus functional group

21
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How are alcohols made

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By reacting steam with an Alane through fermentation

22
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Conditions required for fermentation

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Yeast, sugar, warm and no oxygen (anaerobic)

23
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The first 4 alcohols

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Methanol
Ethanol
Propanol
Butanol

24
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Products of the reaction between an alcohol and sodium

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Hydrogen and alkoxide

25
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What’s the product when alcohol is oxidized

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Carboxylic acid

26
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What’s carboxylic acid

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Compound with functional group -COOH

27
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The first 4 carboxylic acids

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Methanoic acid
Ethanoic acid
Propanoic acid
Butanoic acid

28
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General equation for carboxylic acid and metal carbonate

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Salt plus water plus carbon dioxide

29
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What’s made when an alcohol reacts with carboxylic acid

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An ester

30
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Carboxylic acids are weak acids what does this mean

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They only partly ionize when in a solution

31
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What is the product of the reaction between ethanoic acid and ethanol

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Ethyl ethanoate

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