WJEC GCSE Chemistry 3410QS · 2.5(e)
Importance and impact of the oil industry
- Code
- 2.5(e)
- In
- 2.5 Crude Oil, Fuels and Organic Chemistry
- Topic
- 2 Unit 2: Chemical Bonding, Application of Chemical Reactions and Organic Chemistry
- Course
- GCSE Chemistry 3410QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points in 2.5 Crude Oil, Fuels and Organic Chemistry
- 2.5(a) Crude oil
- 2.5(b) The fractional distillation of crude oil
- 2.5(c) Fractions as containing mixtures of hydrocarbons (alkanes) with similar boiling points
- 2.5(d) Trends in properties of crude oil fractions
- 2.5(e) Importance and impact of the oil industry
- 2.5(f) The combustion reactions of hydrocarbons and other fuels
- 2.5(g) Energy released by burning fuels
- 2.5(h) Hydrogen as a fuel
- 2.5(i) The fire triangle in fire-fighting and fire prevention
- 2.5(j) Cracking
- 2.5(k) General formulae of alkanes and alkenes
- 2.5(l) The names and molecular and structural formulae for simple alkanes and alkenes
- 2.5(m) Isomerism in more complex alkanes and alkenes
- 2.5(n) The names of more complex alkanes and alkenes
- 2.5(o) Addition reactions of alkenes; bromine water test
- 2.5(p) Addition polymerisation
- 2.5(q) Properties and uses of plastics
- 2.5(r) Disposal of plastics
- 2.5(s) Fermentation to make ethanol
- 2.5(t) The use of potassium dichromate(VI) in testing for alcohols
- 2.5(u) Alcoholic drinks: social and economic impact
- 2.5(v) Ethanol as a solvent and fuel
- 2.5(w) The names and molecular and structural formulae for alcohols, including positional isomers
- 2.5(x) The microbial oxidation of ethanol to ethanoic acid (a carboxylic acid)
- 2.5(y) Infrared spectroscopy