Difference between revisions of "Natural Gas"

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 : [[Natural Gas]] has [[energy]] in its [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] which can be transferred into a [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] by [[combustion]].
-===Power===
+==Key Stage 4==
-: [[Natural Gas]] can be used to provide [[power]] directly buy burning it in homes and in furnaces or it can provide power by generating electricity.
+===Meaning===
+[[Natural Gas]] is a fraction of [[Crude Oil]] which a [[Carbon]] chain length of around 1-2 [[Carbon]] [[atom]]s.
-{| class="wikitable"
+===About Natural Gas===
-|-
+: [[Natural Gas]] is a [[hydrocarbon]] because it is a [[molecule]] made of only [[Hydrogen]] and [[Carbon]] [[atom]]s.
-|[[File:NaturalGasPowerStationDiagram2.png|center|600px]]
+: [[Natural Gas]] is used as [[fuel]] for heating homes and in [[Gas Power|gas power stations]].
-|-
-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] of a [[coal]] [[power station]].
-|}
-: 1. Natural Gas is burned in a furnace.
-: 2. Water is heated in a boiler by the burning gas.
-: 3. Water turns to steam and passes down pipes to turn a turbine.
-: 4. The turbine causes a generator to spin.
-: 5. The generator makes an electrical current.
-====Advantages====
+===References===
-*Can work continuously.
+====AQA====
-*Power supply can be varied quickly depending on demand.
-*Few power stations needed to supply a large number of houses.
-====Disadvantages====
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe10093 ''Natural gas, page 178, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
-*Cost of fuel.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Natural gas, page 196, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
-*Produce Carbon Dioxide contributing to global warming.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac323 ''Natural gas, pages 18, 21 GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
-*Other pollutants produced which can harm health or produce acid rain.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Natural gas, pages 45, 46, 54, 56, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA '']
-*Natural Gas will run out.
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Natural gas, pages 47, 48, 56, 58, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
+====Edexcel====
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120215/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120215&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=8f96ddb76196848bafdb124354e4cf77 ''Natural gas, pages 150, 151, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel '']
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120193/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120193&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=572df39392fb4200db8391d98ae6314e ''Natural gas, pages 264, 265, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel '']

Difference between revisions of "Natural Gas"

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Contents

Key Stage 3

Meaning

About Natural Gas

Key Stage 4

Meaning

About Natural Gas

References

AQA

Edexcel