Unit 2 - homologus series

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What is distillation ?
The process of separating a mixture of liquids using the difference in boiling points
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What is fractional distillation ?
The process used to separate crude oil into fractions according to the boiling points of the components of the fractions
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What are properties related to the molecular size of the molecules within the fractions ?
ease of evaporation , viscosity, flammability and boiling point range
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What is a hydrocarbon ?
A compound containing hydrogen and carbon only
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What is a homologous series ?
a set of compounds with similar chemical properties and the same general formula
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What are the alkanes ?
a subset of the set of hydrocarbons that are saturated
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What is a saturated hydrocarbon
hydrocarbons that contain carbon to carbon single covalent bonds only
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What is the general formula for alkanes ?
CnH2n+2
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What are the alkenes ?
A subset of the set of hydrocarbons that are unsaturated
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What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon ?
A hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon to carbon double covalent bond
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What is the general formula for the alkenes ?
CnH2n
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What is a cycloalkane ?
a subset of the set of hydrocarbons that are saturated
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What is the general formula for the cycloalkanes ?
CnH2n
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What is an addition reaction ?
The reactions of an alkene with bromine , hydrogen , and water
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What is addition with a) hydrogen b)Bromine c)water called ?
a) hydrogenation b)bromination c)hydration
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What is cracking ?
An industrial method for producing a mixture of smaller , more useful hydrocarbons , some of which are unsaturated
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What catalysts are used for cracking ?
aluminium oxide
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what is an isomer ?
compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula
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