C2 Revision Flashcards - Nanotechnology, crude oil and cross-link

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What is crude oil?
Crude oil is a thick, sticky, dark-coloured liquid
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What is crude oil a mixture of?
Hydrocarbons
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What is fractions?
Being separated into groups of molecules.
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How is fractions done?
By fractional distillation
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How do we get crude oil?
From fossil fuels that are then piped up from the ground
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Bigger molecules are more likely to be....?
Liquid/solid
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Bigger molecules have lots of....?
Forces
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What do cross-links do?
Stops molecules sliding over each other
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What can cross-links do?
It can make rubber less flexible, stronger and harder. It can also give the rubber a higher melting point.
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What is nanotechnology measure in?
Nanometres
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Each nanometre is what? (Measuring Way)
A billionth of a metre
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What else is a nanometre?
The width of a DNA molecule --- The distance your fingernails grow a second --- 1/80000 the thickness of a human air.
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Some products of nanotechnology?
Sun screen -- tennis balls and rackets -- electronic paper -- self-cleaning windows
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Some uses of nanotechnology?
Burning solid fuels -- produce nanoparticles
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What is crude oil a mixture of?

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Hydrocarbons

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What is fractions?

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How is fractions done?

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How do we get crude oil?

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