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Title: GCSE Chemistry 2.5 - Organic Chemistry
Description: These are concise, exam-focused notes made using the WJEC specification and BBC Bitesize. (I achieved an A*.) This is one of six topics in the unit.

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The hydrocarbons present condense at different heights in the column; the lower
the boiling point, the higher in the column a compound is collected
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The effect of chain length on fractions’ colour (colourless – yellow – brown)


The longer the chain lengths, the darker the colour
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The effect of chain length on fractions’ ease of ignition


The longer the chain lengths, the more difficult the ignition

The effect of chain length on fractions’ cleanliness of burn


The longer the chain lengths, the less clean the burn
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Rapidly growing economies in China and India will consume greater amounts of
energy year on year and supplying that energy using crude oil is not sustainable in
the long term
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Many important products (such as plastics and medicines) are made using
components of crude oil and that people will eventually have to decide between
burning the remaining reserves of oil and using it for other purposes
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mass of alcohol

The combustion of hydrogen


forms water only

Hydrogen as an energy source








used in rocket fuel
used in hydrogen fuel cells to power cars
renewable, as it is produced from water
does not contribute towards global warming or acid rain, as water is the only
product
requires large amounts of electricity to produce hydrogen from electrolysis
storage requires bulky and heavy pressurised containers
potentially hazardous, as it forms an explosive mixture with air

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Cracking




involves heating fractions obtained from crude oil to a high temperature in the
presence of a catalyst, causing the hydrocarbon molecules present to decompose to
form smaller molecules, including a monomer (
Title: GCSE Chemistry 2.5 - Organic Chemistry
Description: These are concise, exam-focused notes made using the WJEC specification and BBC Bitesize. (I achieved an A*.) This is one of six topics in the unit.