alkanes and alkenes

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What are alkanes made up of?
chains of carbon atoms surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
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What bonds do alkanes contain?
single covalent bonds between carbon atoms meaning they are saturated compounds.
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What is the formula for alkanes?
Cn+H2n=2
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Why don't alkanes react?
Because the C-C and C-H bonds in them are difficult to break.
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What bonds do alkenes contain?
They contain some double bonds between carbon atoms meaning they are unsaturated compounds.
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what makes alkenes react?
The presence of double bonds mean that alkenes can react in a way that alkanes can't
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What is the formula for alkenes?
Cn+H2n
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how do you test to distinguish between an alkene and alkane?
By using bromine water, it is usually brown/orange but it becomes colourless when shaken with an alkene.
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