Summary: Polymers And Cracking

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  • Do you use alkanes or alkenes for cracking?

    Alkanes
  • What bonds does cracking break?

    C-C covalent bonds
  • Briefly describe the process of cracking

    The hydrocarbons are heated in order to turn them into gases, they are then passed over a hot catalyst, the bonds then break
  • What type of reaction is cracking?

    Thermal decomposition
  • What are the shorter alkanes used for?

    Fuels
  • What are the shorter alkenes used for?

    To make plastics
  • Which are saturated, alkanes or alkenes?

    Alkanes
  • Through which process are monomers joined together?

    Polymerisation
  • Why are polymers made from alkenes?

    Because they have double bonds that can be broken and used to join the molecules together
  • How are polymers named?

    By putting 'poly' before the name of the monomer in brackets, e.g poly(ethene)
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