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Organic Chemistry
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Chemistry
9th Grade
04/30/2012
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Term
Homologus Series
 Definition
A Family of compounds that have similar reactions and intermolecular bonds
Term
Alkenes
 Definition

Ethene

Propane

Butene
Term
Fractional Distilation
 Definition
Crude oil-> mixture of hydrocarbons
Term
cracking
 Definition

splitting long hydrocarbon chains into smaler more useful peices

doubble bond alows for addition reaction which makes an alkane turn to an alkene

alkene is unsaturated the alkanes are saturated

 
Term
Polymers
 Definition

initiator breaks one of the doubble bonds

once this has happened the alkenes can join together
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