Hydrocarbon

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

OCR

Hydrocarbons, pages 141-143, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR

Hydrocarbons, pages 230-233, 238-241, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR

Hydrocarbons, pages 88, 92-94, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR