Properties of Hydrocarbons.

Question 1

What is Viscosity?

Answer 1

• Thickness of the fluid.
• Fluids with high viscosity: Flow Slowly.
• As size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases: Molecules get more viscous.

Question 2

What is flamability?

Answer 2

• Tells us how easily hydrocarbons combust.
• Short chained hydrocarbons: Extremely flamablle.
• As size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases: Molecule gets less flammable.

Question 3

Boiling point?

Answer 3

• ## As size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases: the boiling point increases.