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Alkenes and Crude Oil Chemistry Guide

The document discusses alkenes and crude oil, focusing on pentene and butene, including their molecular formulas and displayed structures. It presents data on the percentages of various fractions in two crude oil samples and includes questions related to plotting data, calculating masses of heavy fuel oil, and comparing crude oils. Additionally, it explains the process of obtaining alkenes from crude oil through fractional distillation and cracking.

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Alkenes and Crude Oil Chemistry Guide

The document discusses alkenes and crude oil, focusing on pentene and butene, including their molecular formulas and displayed structures. It presents data on the percentages of various fractions in two crude oil samples and includes questions related to plotting data, calculating masses of heavy fuel oil, and comparing crude oils. Additionally, it explains the process of obtaining alkenes from crude oil through fractional distillation and cracking.

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AQA Chemistry GCSE - Carbon Compounds as Fuels & Feedstock PhysicsAndMathsTutor.

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Q7.
This question is about alkenes and crude oil.

(a) Pentene is an alkene molecule containing five carbon atoms.

Complete the formula for pentene.

C _____ H _____
(1)

(b) Butene is an alkene molecule containing four carbon atoms.

The diagram shows all of the atoms and some of the bonds in the
displayed formula for butene.

Complete the displayed formula by adding the remaining bonds.

(1)

Pentene and butene are produced from crude oil.

The table shows the percentages of different fractions in two samples of crude
oil.

Percentages by mass in %
Fraction
Crude oil A Crude oil B

Liquefied petroleum gases 14.7 7.1

Petrol 28.6 11.1

Diesel oil 20.5 17.2

Kerosene 15.4 38.5

Heavy fuel oil 12.0 16.0

Other fractions 8.8 10.1

The graph shows the percentages of different fractions in crude oil A.

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(c) Plot the data for petrol in the table above on the graph.
(1)

(d) What mass of crude oil A is needed to obtain 12 tonnes of heavy fuel oil?.

Use the table above.

10 tonnes

100 tonnes

1000 tonnes

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10 000 tonnes

(1)

(e) What mass of crude oil A is needed to obtain 12 tonnes of heavy fuel oil?.

Calculate the total mass of car fuel that can be produced from 2000 kg of
crude oil B.

Use the table above.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Mass of car fuel = ____________________ kg


(3)

(f) Crude oil B is a better source of hydrocarbons for cracking than crude oil
A.

Suggest why.

Use the table above.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________
(1)

(g) Alkenes are obtained from crude oil using fractional distillation followed by
cracking.

Explain how alkenes are produced using fractional distillation followed by


cracking.
(6)
(Total 14 marks)

Q8.
This question is about hydrocarbons.

(a) The names and formulae of three hydrocarbons in the same homologous
series are:

Ethane C2H6
Propane C3H8
Butane C4H10

The next member in the series is pentane.

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