Hydrocarbon
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Key Stage 4
Meaning
A hydrocarbon is a chemical compound containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms.
About Hydrocarbons
- Carbon atoms are able to form long chain molecules so there are very large number of hydrocarbon molecules.
Hydrocarbons can be split into two groups:
- Alkanes - Which have only single bonds between Carbon atoms.
- Alkenes - Which have one or more double bonds between Carbon atoms.
Small hydrocarbon molecules are given names based on the number of Carbon atoms they contain:
- Meth - 1 Carbon (Methane)
- Eth - 2 Carbon (Ethane and Ethene)
- Prop - 3 Carbon (Propane and Propene)
- But - 4 Carbon (Butane and Butene)
- Pent - 5 Carbon (Pentane and Pentene)
- Hex - 6 Carbon (Hexane and Hexene)
- Crude Oil is a mixture of hundreds of different hydrocarbon molecules.
References
AQA
- Hydrocarbons, page 172, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
- Hydrocarbons, pages 146-149, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Hydrocarbons, pages 148-155, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons, pages 188-195, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Hydrocarbons, pages 220-227, 230, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Hydrocarbons, pages 75-78, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; Alkanes, pages 143-4, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; alkanes, pages 149, 160, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; Alkenes, pages 148, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; alkenes, pages 154-155, 160-161, 170, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; atmospheric pollution, page 238, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; bromine test, pages 155-158, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; combustion, pages 154-155, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; Cracking, pages 147-8, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; cracking, pages 154-155, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; distillation, pages 148-151, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; properties, pages 150-151, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Hydrocarbons; Use as fuels, pages 145-6, 181, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons, pages 137, 138, 140, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons, pages 150-151, 172, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons, pages 253-257, 262, 263, 284-287, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons, pages 264-265, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons, pages 87, 88, 90, 98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons; breaking down, pages 160-161, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
- Hydrocarbons; breaking down, pages 274-275, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel