Hydrocarbons Key Words and Points

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Define Hydrocarbon
Organic Compounds that contain only hydrogen and carbon
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How many bonds can carbon atoms make?
4
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What is the general formula for alkanes ?
CnH2n+2
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What is combustion?
When fuels react with oxygen and burn to release useful heat energy
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What is the name given to these alkanes with similar chemical properties.
Homologous Seies
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What is the poisonous product of incomplete combustion?
Carbon Monoxide
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What is needed for the reaction of methane with bromine?
UV Light
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What is an alkene?
When a hydrocarbon has one or more carbon-carbon covalent bonds
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What is an isomer
The same molecular formula but different structures
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What is the process called when alkenes are obtained from larger chain hydrocarbons?
Cracking
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What does an alkene do to bromine water?
Decolourise
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Why does it make this colour change?
It is an addition reaction as alkenes are unsaturated and react
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