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what happens in fractional distillation

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Crude oil is heated in a furnace Which time is it into vapour which passes into column

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what is inside the fractioning column

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There is a temperature gradient.
It’s hotter at the bottom and cooler at the top.

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what happens once crude oil vapour enters the fraction column

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The vapour then reached the faction, which is slightly higher than its BP, causing it to condense.

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what is the extra step to fractional distillation

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Some hydrocarbons reach the top without condensing. These then undergo further fractional distillation separately.

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what is cracking

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the process of converting long chain hydrocarbons into smaller ones and also forming an alkene

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what are the steps of cracking

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The hydrocarbons are passed in the heavier fractions through a heated catalyst (usually zeolite).

This causes the hydrocarbons to break into smaller alkane + alkene and sometimes hydrogen is also produced.

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What is reforming

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turning straight hydrocarbon chains into cyclic

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how does reforming happen

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Hydrocarbons are heated with a catalyst usually platinum.

This makes it more cyclic and have more branches.

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what is complete combustion

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Reaction where a molecule is reacted with oxygen (when there is a plentiful supply) to form CO2 + H2O and all atoms are fully oxidised.

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what is incomplete combustion

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Reaction with insufficient oxygen to produce carbon monoxide as well as water and carbon in solid form. Some atoms are not fully oxidised.

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what is carbon monoxide

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A colourless + odourless gas that prevents transportation of O2 in the body.

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how are oxides of sulphur formed

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A colour + odourless gas that prevents transportation of O2 in the body.

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how do these oxides contribute to acid rain

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Both these gases dissolve in the water rand form sulphuric acid which contributes to acid rain.

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what damage do these cause

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damage to aquatic live, damage to crops + forest.

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how are oxides of nitrogen formed

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Few alkane molecules contain nitrogen.

When nitrogen undergoes combustion, it forms oxides of nitrogen (NOx)

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how is nitrogen monoxide formed

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N+O2 = 2NO (nitrogen monoxide

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how is nitrogen dioxide formed

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2NO + O2 = 2NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide)

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how is nitric acid formed

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2NO2 + H2O = HNO2 +HNO3 (nitrogen acid +nitric acid)

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how do catalytic converters work

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Fitted in a cars exhaust system to reduce pollution

Made of small quantities of precious metals which are spread thinly over a honeycomb mesh (to increase the S.A for reaction).

It oxides the pollutants.

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equations in catalytic converters

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2CO +O2 = 2CO2

2NO + 2CO = N2 + 2CO2

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what are biofuels

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Biofuels are obtained from living matters which died recently.

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what are the 2 types of biofuels

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Biodiesel
Bio-alcohal

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what is biodiesel

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Biodiesel is a fuel made from vegetable oil obtained from plant.

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what is bio-alcohal

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Fuels made from plant matter often using enzymes or bacteria

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land use, yield, manufacture/transport, carbon neutrality of biofuels
Land use = a lot of land is needed meaning it compromised land for food. Yield = low but it is gradually increasing. Manufacture/ transport = NO exploration or drilling cost. Substantial cost in growing, processing and transport. Carbon neutrality=is low
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Land use, yield, manufacturing/transport, carbon neutrality of natural gas
Natural gas Land use = no land needed as it comes from underground. Yield=very high Manufacturing/transport=Exploration and drilling cost is high. Low processing cost. Transport cost is low by pipeline. Carbon neutrality-not carbon neutral
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what is a substitution reaction & formula equation
A reaction where an atom or group is replaced by another atom or group CH4 + Cl = CH3Cl + HCL
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what is a mechanism
a sequence of steps in an overall reaction. Each step shows what happens to the electron involved in the bond breaking or bond formation
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\What is a radical
a species that contains an unpaired electron
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what is homolytic fission
is the breaking of a covalent bond where each of the bonding electrons leaves with one species forming a radical
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what happens in initiation & formula example
involved the formation of radicals due to a bond breaking caused by U.V Cl2 = Cl. + Cl.
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what happens in propogation & example
reaction between one free radical and a normal molecule to produce another free radical and one molecule. Cl. + CH4 = CH3. + HCL then CH3. + Cl2 = CH3Cl + Cl.
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what happens in termination & examples
2 radicay6huls react to form a molecule Cl. + Cl. = Cl2 Cl. + CH3. = CH3Cl CH3. + CH3. = C2H6
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what are the bonds in a double bond
Sigma pi
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what is a sigma bond
a covalent bond that's formed when 2 s orbitals overlap horizontally/ axially ( end - on)
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what happens in a sigma bond
a strong electrostatic force of attraction is formed between nuclei and shared electrons due to high electron density between nuclei
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what is pi bond
covalent bond is formed by parrallel overlap of 2 p orbital lobes sideways.
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why is sigma bond stronger
sigma bonds are stronger as there is a higher electrons density which is spread out over a smaller area ( only between nuclei ) the electrostatic attraction is higher and therefore have higher bond enthalpy
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why are double bonds more reactive than single
pi bonds are more reactive as they are spread out over a large area. Due to the high electron density it attracts many electrophiles causing it to react with many compounds
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what is an addition reaction
reactin in which 2 molecules become 1 by combining
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what is hydrogenation
an addition reaction in which hydrogen is added to an alkene to form an alkane .
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what is used in hydrogenation
a nickel catalyst
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what is an example of hydrogenation
manufacturing of margarine. - veg oils are unsaturated and reacted with hydrogen to turn it into margarine.
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why do they do this
margarine is a healthier option
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what is halogenation
reaction where a halogen is added
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what is hydration
reaction where H2O is added
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how does this reaction happen
Takes place by heating alkene with steam and passing the mixture over a catalyst of phosphuric acid.It forms an alcohal
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what is an electrophile
a species that is attracted to a region of high energy electron density
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Electrophilic addition
reaction where 2 molecules form 1 and the attacking molecule is an electrophile
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hetrolytic fission
breaking of a covalent bond so both bonding electrons are taken by one atom
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what is polymerisation
A process where small molecules called monomers join together into larger molecules called polymers that consist of repeating molecules
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what is addition polymerisation
All the atoms in the monomers are used to form polymer
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what is condensation reaction
Monomers join up with the expulsion of small molecules while not every origional atoms are present within the polymer
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What is a repeating unit
The set of atoms that are joined together in large numbers to produce the polymer structure
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why are polymers used
- manufactured on a large scale with variety - Light - Cheap - Unreactive so they can be used to make many things
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what does biodegradable mean
can be broken down by microbes
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are polymers biodegradable or non-biodegradable
non-biodegradable
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how does Reduce usage of polymers help
Reducing polymer use unecessarily by dicouraging free plastic bags + using bags for life.
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how does recycling help
The polymers are turned into other materials and
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what are the 2 stages of recycling
1. sorting polymers so it can be processed together effectively and appropiately 2. Process it by chopping waste into small pieces + washing it and turning it into new material by; melting, mouldering, fibre production
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how does chemical feedstock help
breaking polymers into gasses to produce a feedstock that can be used in other chemical reactions
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how does incineration help
Takes polymers and converts into heat energy to generate electricity
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by is incineration bad
some polymers contain toxic metals ( which are used to pigment polymers ) which when burnt form toxic gasses.
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how does producing biodegradable polymers help
using polymers that are biodegradable
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how is this also bad
they are made from plant matherial which requires huge land space to grow + when they are broken down they release hydrogen + carbon atoms that can't be used

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