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Alkanes |
A group of saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2 'Saturated' means they have only single bonds |
There is only one single E so this has only single bonds |
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Alkenes |
A family of unsaturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n because they are unsaturated they have a double C=C carbon bond |
Because there are two E's in the name there is a double carbon bond |
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Alcohol |
A family of organic compounds similar to the Alkanes with the O-H functional group |
An example is ethanol and you can remember these as alcohol has the O-H functional group within the word as it is spelt AlcO-Hol |
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Carboxylic acid |
A family of organic acids that have the functional group of COOH |
Ethanoic acid is an example an there functional group structure is.. C=O \ the rest is then built O Around this \ H |
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Polymer |
A compound containing very large molecules formed by polymerisation |
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Polymerisation |
A chemical reaction in which many small molecules join to form very large molecules |
The product of this is called a polymer |
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Methane |
An alkane with the structure H | H--C--H or CH4 | H |
Begins with meth which means it contains 1 carbon atom |
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Ethane |
This is an alkane with the structure.. H H | | H--C--C--H or C2H6 | | H H |
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Propane |
This is an Alkane with the structure... H H H | | | H--C--C--C--H | | | or C3H8 H H H |
This begins with prop which means it contains 3 carbons |
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Butane |
This is an Alkane with the structure... H H H H | | | | H--C--C--C--C--H | | | | or C4H10 H H H H |
This begins with but which means it contains 4 carbons |
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Ethene |
An alkene with the structure... H H | | C=C Or C2H4 | | H H |
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Propene |
An alkene with the structure... H H H | | | C=C--C--H or C3H2 | | H H |
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