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Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions |
Fractional distillation |
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What is meant by 'hydrocarbon' |
Hydrogen and carbon ONLY |
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Why is crude oil split into fractions ? |
The longer chains (useless) are split into smaller chains so they are useful |
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What are the 6 fractions obtained from crude oil? |
Gases , petrol, kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil and bitumen |
GPKDFB |
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What are gases used for? |
Heating and cooking in homes |
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What is petrol used for? |
Fuel for cars |
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What is kerosene used for? |
Fuel for aircraft |
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What is diesel oil used for? |
Fuel for some cars and trains |
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What's is fuel oil used for ? |
Large ships and some power stations |
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What is bitumen used for ? |
Surfacing roads and roofs |
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What is the test for carbon dioxide? |
Get a test tube and put limewater in it . Put a straw into the test the and blow through the straw . When carbon dioxide is bubbled through limewater it turns milky . |
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What's the word equation for combustion ? |
Methane+Oxygen —> carbon dioxide+Water
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What is complete combustion? |
If all the carbon dioxides are oxidised and the only products left are carbon dioxide and water . It happens when there is plenty of oxygen available |
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What is complete combustion? |
If all the carbon dioxides are oxidised and the only products left are carbon dioxide and water . It happens when there is plenty of oxygen available |
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What is complete combustion? |
If all the carbon dioxides are oxidised and the only products left are carbon dioxide and water . It happens when there is plenty of oxygen available |
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In incomplete combustion what may three carbon atoms form? |
Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and soot |
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Why is carbon monoxide a problem? |
Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas. It reduces the amount of oxygen your blood can carry around the body, carbon monoxide can kill you |
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What is complete combustion? |
If all the carbon dioxides are oxidised and the only products left are carbon dioxide and water . It happens when there is plenty of oxygen available |
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In incomplete combustion what may three carbon atoms form? |
Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and soot |
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Why is carbon monoxide a problem? |
Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas. It reduces the amount of oxygen your blood can carry around the body, carbon monoxide can kill you |
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Why is soot a problem ? |
Soot can harm people with breathing problems |
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Why is carbon dioxide bad? |
Carbon dioxide causes global warming |
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How is sulfur dioxide formed? |
Sulfur dioxide has dissolved in normal rain |
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How is sulfur dioxide formed? |
Sulfur dioxide has dissolved in normal rain |
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What are the effects of acid rain? |
Acid rain speed up the weathering of building and statues, damages trees. harms organisms living in rivers, lakes and soils |
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How can you reduce acid rain? |
Remove sulphur from petrol, diesel and fuel oil Remove acidic gases from power stations |
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What's the main cause of global warming ? |
Carbon dioxide |
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A good fuel should ... |
Burn easily Not produce ash or smoke Relapse a lot of heat energy Should be easy to store and transport |
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What is it called when Longer chains are broken down into smaller ones ? |
Cracking |
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What are polymers made up of? |
Monomers |
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What are the 3 ways of disposing polymers? |
Landfill sites Burning Recycling |
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