Crude oil and hydrocarbons

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Crude oil is made from…

The remains of plankton buried in mud

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What is the general formula of alkanes?

CnH2n+2

Aka. We can figure out the amount of hydrogen atoms by multiplying the amount of carbon ones by 2, then adding 2

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What are the 4 main alkanes?

  • Methane

  • Ethane

  • Propane

  • Butane

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Why are alkanes called saturated molecules?

Because the carbon atoms are fully bonded to the hydrogen ones