Chemistry Unit 7 - hydrocarbons
The chemistry of carbon compounds is so important that it forms a separate branch of chemistry. A great variety of carbon compounds is possible because carbon atoms can form chains and rings linked by C-C bonds. This branch of chemistry gets its name from the fact that the main sources of organic compounds are living, or once-living materials from plants and animals. These sources include fossil fuels which are a major source of feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Chemists are able to take organic molecules and modify them in many ways to make new and useful materials such as polymers, pharmaceuticals, perfumes and flavourings, dyes and detergents.
During this unit students will look at the formation of crude oil and the processes required to separate it into useful compounds. They will find out about the patterns in the families of compounds crude oil contains and how we can use members of these families to make new substances like plastics.
During this unit students will look at the formation of crude oil and the processes required to separate it into useful compounds. They will find out about the patterns in the families of compounds crude oil contains and how we can use members of these families to make new substances like plastics.
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