A finite mixture of hydrocarbons

What is a hydrocarbon?

A compound of hydrogen and carbon only

How do the fractions change as you go down the fractionating column?

Molecules get larger and boiling points rise

Breaks large molecules into smaller, more useful ones

Yeast in warm anaerobic conditions

It is fast and gives pure ethanol

Most plastics are non-biodegradable and build up

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

What is crude oil?
What is a hydrocarbon?
What separates the fractions in fractional distillation?
How do the fractions change as you go down the fractionating column?
What is the general formula of the alkanes?
What is the general formula of the alkenes?
What is the result when bromine water is shaken with an alkene?
What are the only products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon?
What does cracking do to hydrocarbons?
Which functional group is found in all alcohols?
What is needed for the fermentation of glucose into ethanol?
Which is an advantage of making ethanol by hydration of ethene rather than by fermentation?
What type of reaction joins alkene monomers into a polymer?
What polymer is made from ethene?
Why is plastic waste a problem?