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1
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What is crude oil?

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a mixture of a large number of compounds, most of which are hydrocarbon

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How was crude oil formed?

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from the remains of organisms that lived and died millions of years ago (mainly plankton which was buried in the mud)

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Is crude oil a finite or renewable resource?

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Finite

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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a compound made up of carbon and hydrogen only

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Why type of bond joins the carbon and hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon

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covalent bond

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What is an organic compound?

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compounds containing carbon atoms covalently bonded to other atoms

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What is a homologous series?

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a family of organic compounds with the same general formula and similar properities

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What is the general formula for alkanes?

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CₙH₂ₙ₊₂

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What are the names of the first four members of the alkanes?

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Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane

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10
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What do the names of alkanes always end in?

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-ane

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11
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How many bonds does carbon form in a compound?

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four

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12
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How many bonds does hydrogen form in a compound?

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1

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13
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How are the different compounds in crude oil separated?

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Fractional distillation

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14
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What is a fraction?

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a mixture of hydrocarbons with a similar number of carbon atoms

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15
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What are the products of fractional distillation used for?

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  • fuels
  • starting materials for the petrochemical industry
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16
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What are the names of some fractions produced in fractional disillation?

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  • petrol
  • diesel oil
  • kerosene
  • heavy fuel oil
  • liquefied petroleum gases
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17
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What useful materials are produced by the petrochemical industry?

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  • solvents
  • lubricants
  • polymers
  • detergents
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How does the temperature of the fractionating column change as you move from bottom to top?

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the temperature decreases

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What happens when crude oil is heated before entering the fractionating column?

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the crude oil evaporates

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What happens to the crude oil vapours as they travel up the fractionating column?

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  • they cool and condense
  • when they condense they are collected
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Describe how crude oil is seperated in fractional distillation

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  • Crude oil is heated and it evaporates
  • The crude oil vapours enter the fractionating column and travel upwards
  • The temperature of the fractionating column decreases towards the top
  • As the vapours travel up they cool and condense at different temperatures depending on their boiling points
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22
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Where are the long chain hydrocarbons collected in fractional distillation?

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At the bottom of the fractionating column

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Where are the short chain hydrocarbons collected in fractional distillation?

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At the top of the fractionating column

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What causes the hydrocarbons to sepeate in fractional distillation?

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They have different boiling points and so condense at different levels

25
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When will the hydrocarbons condense in the fractionating column?

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When the temperature drops below their boiling point

26
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Why do short chain hydrocarbons collect at the top of the fractionating column?

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They have low boiling points and so condense at lower temperatures

26
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Why do large chain hydrocarbons collect at the bottom of the fractionating column?

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They have large boiling points and so condense at higher temperatures

27
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If a hydrocarbon boils at 300 ᵒC, what temperature will it condense at?

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300 ᵒC

28
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What bonds break when hydrocarbons melt and boil?

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Intermolecular forces

29
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What type of force holds hydrocarbon molecules together?

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Intermolecular forces

30
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What does viscosity it mean?

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How much a fluid resists flow (how gloopy it is)

31
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What does volatility mean?

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How easy it is to turn a substance into a gas

32
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What does flammability mean?

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How easy it is to ignite a substance

33
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As hydrocarbon molecules get bigger, what happens to their viscosity?

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increases

34
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As hydrocarbon molecules get bigger, what happens to the boiling point?

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increases

35
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As hydrocarbon molecules get bigger, what happens to their flammability?

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decreases

36
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Why does the viscosity of hydrocarbons increase as the hydrocarbon molecules get bigger?

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As the hydrocarbon molecules get bigger, the intermolecular forces get stronger and move over each other less easily

37
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Why does the boiling point of hydrocarbons increase as the hydrocarbon molecules get bigger?

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As the hydrocarbon molecules get bigger, the intermolecular forces get stronger and require more energy to break

38
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Which are better fuels - long or short chain hydrocarbons?

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Short chain (they are more flammable)

39
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What is combustion?

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reaction with oxygen (burning)

40
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What is complete combustion?

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burning in a plentiful supply of oxygen

41
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What are the reactants in complete combustion of a hydrocarbon?

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hydrocarbon + oxygen

42
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What are the products in complete combustion of a hydrocarbon?

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carbon dioxide + water

43
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What is cracking?

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the breaking of longer chain hydrocarbons into shorter, more useful hydrocarbons

44
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Why do we ‘crack’ hydrocarbons?

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to produce smaller, more useful molecules

45
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What is the reactant in cracking?

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longer chain alkanes

45
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Why is cracking a thermal decomposition reaction?

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the longer chain hydrocarbons breakdown when heated

45
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What are the products in cracking?

A

a shorter chain alk𝗮𝗻𝗲 and a short chain alk𝗲𝗻𝗲

45
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What is thermal decomposition?

A

the breakdown of a substance when it is heated

46
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Name two types of cracking

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  • steam
  • catalytic cracking
47
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Describe the process of steam cracking

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  • Long chain hydrocarbons are heated and they evaporate
  • The hydrocarbon vapour is heated to a very high temperature and mixed with steam
  • The hydrocarbons are broken into smaller hydrocarbons
48
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Describe the process of catalytic cracking

A
  • Long chain hydrocarbons are heated and they evaporate
  • The hydrocarbon vapour is then passed over a catalyst
  • The hydrocarbons are broken into smaller hydrocarbons
49
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[𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿] What is the general formula for alkenes?

A

CₙH₂ₙ

50
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Which are more reactive: alkanes or alkenes?

A

Alkenes

51
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What is used to test for alkenes?

A

bromine water

52
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What colour is bromine water?

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orange

52
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What colour does bromine water turn when added to alkenes?

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colourless

53
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What colour does bromine water turn when added to alkanes?

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stays orange

54
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What are alkenes used for?

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to make polymers and as the starting material when making many other chemicals

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