Crude oil and Hydrocarbons

• Crude oil can be used to produce

  P plastics

  P petrol

  P pharmaceuticals

  C cosmetics
• Where is crude oil found?

  Rocks
• Is crude oil a finite resource?

  yes
• How is crude oil formed?

  over millions of years from the remains of tiny sea creatures called plankton which are buried in the mud. Layers of rock form and crude oil is formed due to the high pressure and temperature
• What is crude oil?

  A mixture of hydrocarbons
• What are hydrocarbons?

  molecules made up hydrogen and carbon atoms only
• What is the general formula for alkanes?

  Cn H2N + 2
• Alkanes are saturated molecules because carbon atoms are fully bonded to hydrogen atoms
• Methane

  CH4
• CH4

  Methane
• ethane

  C2H6
• C2H6

  ethane
• propane

  C3H8
• C3H8

  propane
• butane

  C4H10
• C4H10

  butane