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3.2 - Alkanes Flashcards

1
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What is an alkane?

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A saturated hydrocarbon containing C-H bonds only.

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2
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What is the general formula of an alkane?

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CnH2n+2

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3
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Does a hydrocarbon have polar or nonpolar bonds? Why/why not?

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Nonpolar - carbon and hydrogen have similar electronegativities.

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What intermolecular forces does a hydrocarbon contain and why?

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Only Van der Waals forces of attraction - bonds are non-polar.

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5
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Are hydrocarbons soluble in water? Why?

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They are insoluble because hydrogen bonds in water are stronger than alkanes’s van der waals forces of attraction.

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6
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How reactive are alkanes

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Very unreactive

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7
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Which reactions will alkanes undergo?

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Combustion and reaction with halogens.

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What is crude oil? How is it formed? Is it renewable?

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Mixture of fractions (hydrocarbons with similar BP and properties).
Formed at high temperatures and pressures deep below earth’s surface over millions of years -> therefore non-renewable.

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What is fractional distillation and how does it work?

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  1. Crude oil heated until mostly vapourised.
  2. Passed into a fractionating tower that is cooler at the top than the bottom.
  3. Liquid fractions are piped off at the bottom.
  4. Vapours rise up the column and - via trays and bubble caos - condense when temperature id below their boiling point.
  5. Shortest chain hydrocarbons condense at the top as they have the lowest BPs.
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10
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What is frackiing and how is it done?

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  • Natural gas is held within shale rock.
  • Drill into shale, force pressurised water and sand into rock to fracture it, collect gas.
  • HCl and methanol added to break up shale prevent corrosion.
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11
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Pros and cons of fracking?

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Pros:
- Gas supply for many years.
- Reduces imported gas and electricity.
Cons:
- Lots of traffic to local area.
- Concern about the amount of water useed.
- Chemical additives can polute water supplies.
- Can cause earthquakes.
- Combust CH4 –>CO2 which leads to global warming.

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12
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Why are alkanes cracked?

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To turn long chain alkane (not economically valuable) into a shorter chain alkane (more economically valuable becaus eit can be used as fuel) and an alkene(more reactive, starting point for many products).

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13
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What are the conditions for thermal cracking?

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  • 700-1200K temperature
  • Up to 7000kPa pressure
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14
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What is the intermediate for the reaction?

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Free radicals

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15
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What are the main products of thermal cracking?

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Alkenes

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16
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What are the conditions of catalytic cracking?

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  • Lower temp (720K)
  • Lower pressure (but above atmospheric)
  • Zeolite catalyst (SiO2 and Al2O3) with a honecomb structure to give a large surface area.
17
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What are the main products of catalytic cracking?

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Cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, branched alkanes.

18
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Write an equation for the combustion of propane.

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C3H8 + 5O2 –> 3CO2 + 4H2O

19
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What is a fuel?

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Something which releases heat energy when combusted.

20
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What are the five main fuels comprising of alkanes?

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Methane, butane, prpane, pertrol, paraffin.

21
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What is incomplete combustion and what products are formed in the case of alkanes?

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Combustion in a limited supply of oxygen
CO - carbon monoxide - poisonous
C - carbon - particulates - soot - global dimming

22
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Which type of hydrocarbons are most likely to undergo incomplete combustion?

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The ones with longer chains.

23
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Whar is the environmental impact of carbon monoxide?

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It is toxic/poisonous.

24
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What is the environmental impact of nitrogen oxides?

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Form nitric acid -> acid rain, photochemical smog

25
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What is the environmental impact of sulfur impurities/sulfur dioxide?

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Form sulphuric acid -> acid rain

26
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What is the environmental impact of soot (carbon)?

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  • Asthma
  • Cancer
  • Global dimming
27
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What is the environmental impact of unburnt hydrocarbons?

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Photochemical smog

28
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What is the environmental impact of Carbon Dioxide?

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Greenhouse gas = global warming, increases global temperature, speeds up climate change.

29
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What is the environmental impact of water vapour?

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Greenhouse gs -> global warming, increases global temperatures, speeds up climate change.

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