organic chemistry 1

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Front (Question)

what are the fossil fuels

Back (Answer)

coal, natural gas and petroleum

Front (Question)

what is the main constituent of natural gas

Back (Answer)

methane

Front (Question)

what are hydrocarbons

Back (Answer)

compounds only containg hydrogen and carbon

Front (Question)

what is petroleum

Back (Answer)

a mixture of hydrocarbons

Front (Question)

how is petroleum seperated into useful fractions

Back (Answer)

through fractional distillation

Front (Question)

what are the changing characteristics from the bottom to the top of the fractionating column

Back (Answer)

decreasing chain length, higher volatility, lower boiling points, lower viscosity

Front (Question)

what is refinery gas used for

Back (Answer)

gas used in heating and cooking

Front (Question)

what is gasoline/petrol used for

Back (Answer)

fuel used in cars

Front (Question)

what is naptha used for

Back (Answer)

chemical feedstock

#10

Front (Question)

what is kerosene/paraffin used for

Back (Answer)

jet fuel

#11

Front (Question)

what is diesel oil/gas oil used for

Back (Answer)

fuel in diesel engines

#12

Front (Question)

what is fuel oil used for

Back (Answer)

ships and home heating systems

#13

Front (Question)

what is lubricating oil used for

Back (Answer)

lubricants, waxes and polishes

#14

Front (Question)

what is bitumen used for

Back (Answer)

for making roads

#15

Front (Question)

what is the order of products in the fractional distillation column bottom to top

Back (Answer)

bitumen, fuel oil, lubricating oil, diesel, kerosene, naphtha, petrol, refinery gas

#16

Front (Question)

what is a homolegues series

Back (Answer)

family of similiar compounds which have similiar chemical properties and have the same functional group, same general formula, trend in physical properties, differ from one member to teh next by a CH2 unit

#17

Front (Question)

what is the general formula of alkanes

Back (Answer)

Cn H2n+2

#18

Front (Question)

what is the general formula of alkenes

Back (Answer)

Cn H2n

#19

Front (Question)

what is a functional group

Back (Answer)

an atom or group of atoms that determine the chemical properties of a homologous series

#20

Front (Question)

structural formula

Back (Answer)

an ambiguous description of the way the atoms in a molecule are arranged

#21

Front (Question)

what is a saturated compound

Back (Answer)

has molecules in which all carbon carbon bonds are single bonds (alkanes)

#22

Front (Question)

what is an unsaturated compound

Back (Answer)

has molecules which have at least one carbon carbon double bond (alkenesO

#23

Front (Question)

what are fossil fuels

Back (Answer)

non renewable resources that when burned produce energy

#24

Front (Question)

name the first 5 beginings of hydrocarbons

Back (Answer)

meth eth prop but pent