level: cracking crude oil
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level questions: cracking crude oil
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why can you get such a large variety of products of organic compounds | carbon atoms can bond together to form different groups called homologous series with contain similar compounds with properties in common |
| what does the cracking of an alkane produce | alkanes and alkenes |
| what type of reaction is cracking | thermal decomposition, breaking down molecules by heating them |
| methods of breaking down long chained hydrocarbons | - vaporise them at high temperatures - pass the vapour over a hot powered aluminium oxide catalyst (catalytic cracking) -or vaporise them, mix them with steam and heat to a very high temperature (stream cracking) |