Hydrocarbons
What hydrocarbon has 4 hydrogens and 1 carbon atom?
Methane
In which polymerisation is a molecule lost during the formation of a polymer - addition or condensation?
Condensation
Functional Group for Alcohol
-OH
What is the functional group in a carboxylic acid?
-COOH
Name the first four alkane
Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane
What hydrocarbon has 10 hydrogens and 4 carbon atoms?
Butane
Name the monomer used to produce poly(ethene)
ethene
Alkane and alcohol, which has a higher boiling point?
Alcohol
Why is a carboxylic acid a weak acid?
It does not fully ionise when dissolved in water
What are the monomers making DNA called?
Nucleotides
During a combustion reaction, are the atoms in the hydrocarbon oxidised or reduced?
Oxidised
What monomers do you need to form polyesters?
a diol and a dicarboxylic acid
What are the products when an alcohol is completely combusted?
C02 and H20
Give the products of the reaction when propanoic acid undergoes complete combustion
C02 and H20
What is the difference in the arrangement between starch and cellulose
Starch is arranged in branched chains and Cellulose is arranged in straight chains being held together by intermolecular forces
If decane is broken down into octane and one other hydrocarbon in a 1:1 ratio, what other hydrocarbon is produced?
Ethene
What type of polymerization reaction occurs to form poly(ethene) from its monomer?
Addition polymerization
Define fermentation
Fermentation is a metabolic process in which an organism converts a carbohydrate, such as starch or a sugar, into an alcohol or an acid.
Ethanoic acid + ………. = Ethyl Ethanoate what is missing?
Ethanol
What does starch polymer + water form?
Glucose Monomers
If decane is broken down into Ethene and one other hydrocarbon in a 3:1 ratio, what other hydrocarbon is produced?
Butane
What functional group is involved in the formation of poly(ethene) from its monomer?
Carbon = Carbon double bond
If a few drops of methanol is added to universal indicator, what colour will the universal indicator end up as?
Green
What is the formula of X in this equation?
2CH3CH2COOH + x = 2CH3CH2COO-Na+ + H2O + CO2
Na2CO3
How many carbon double bonds does butane have?
0