C1 Flashcards
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What does finite mean?
It is being used up quicker than its being replaced.
What’s a slick?
Oil spills from a tanker in the sea. Oil floats on the surface.
What is a hydrocarbon?
A molecule that contains hydrogen and carbon atoms ONLY.
What is the 7 fractions in a fractional distillation column?
Liquefied petroleum gas Petrol Paraffin Diesel Lubricating oil Fuel oil Bitumen
How can hydrocarbon molecules be described as?
Alkanes and alkenes.
Hat can alkene molecules be sued to make?
Polymers
How does cracking work?
Large alkane molecules are broken into smaller alkene molecules.
What are the three conditions needed for cracking?
High atmospheric pressure
High temperature
A catalyst.
In a hydrocarbon what forces are there?
Strong covalent bonds between atoms.
Weak intermolecular forces between molecules.
What does COMPLETE COMBUSTION produce?
Carbon dioxide and water.
What does INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION produce?
Carbon monoxide and water.
In VERY little oxygen: Carbon and water.m
What is the air Madura off?
78% nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% others ( 0.035% Carbon dioxide)
What else does the air contain?
Water vapour.
What are the elevens of gas controlled by?
Respiration
Combustion
Photosynthesis
How is sulfur dioxide made?
When fossil rums that contain sulfur Impurities are burned.
What does sulfur dioxide cause?
Acid rain
How are oxides of nitrogen formed?
Car engines.
What does oxides of nitrogen cause?
Photochemical smog and acid rain.
What 3 main human factors affect the balance of CO2?
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Increase in world population
What does a catalytic converter do?
Converts Carbon monoxide into Carbon dioxide.
What is the equation for a catalytic converter?
2CO + 2NO –> N2 + 2CO2
If a hydrocarbon has only single covalent bonds, what is it called?
Alkane.
What are alkanes described as?
Saturated hydrocarbons
What are alkanes described as?
Unsaturated