Zusammenfassung der Ressource
alkanes
- used as fuels
- complete combustion produces carbon dioxide and water
- incomplete combustion
produces carbon dioxde,
water, carbon (soot) and
carbon monoxide
- Carbon monoxide is toxic and can cause death
because it attaches to red blood cells in
preference to oxygen
- single bonds
- saturated
- hydrocarbons
- all end in ane
- 1 carbon
- methane
- CH4
- 2 carbons
- ethane
- C2H6
- 3 carbons
- propane
- C3H8
- 4 carbons
- butane
- C4H10
- made by fractional distillation of crude oil