organic chemistry

Cards (17)

  • refinery gas
    bottled gas for heating and cooking
  • gasoline
    fuel for cars
  • naphtha
    making chemicals
  • diesel/gas oil
    for diesel engines
  • bitumen
    making roads
  • Saturated molecules
    Contain single bonds only
  • Unsaturated molecules
    Contain double bonds between their carbon atoms
  • Alkanes
    Saturated compounds
  • Alkenes
    Unsaturated compounds
  • Cracking process
    • Produces small alkenes and hydrogen
  • Products of cracking
    • Petrol
    • Other alkenes
    • Hydrogen
  • Cracking methods
    • Catalytic cracking
    • Steam cracking
  • fuels:
    A) refinery gas
    B) gasoline
    C) naphtha
    D) kerosene
    E) gas oil (diesel oil)
    F) fuel oil
    G) bitumen
  • alkanes - C(n) H(2n+2)
  • alkenes - C (n) H (2n)
  • unsaturated
    double bond
  • saturated
    single bond