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International Edexcel AS chemistry
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Topic 4: introductory organic chemistryThe fundamentals2 Topics
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Functional groups and homologous series2 Topics
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Nomenclature2 Topics
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Structural isomerism2 Topics
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Types of reaction2 Topics
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Substitution reactions2 Topics
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Hazards, risks and risk assessments
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Alkanes from crude oil1 Topic
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Alkanes as fuels1 Topic
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Lesson 9 of 9
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Alkanes as fuels
Learning objectives :
- Know that pollutants, including carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogn and sulfur, carbon particulates and unbranched hydrocarbons are emitted during the combustion of alkane fuels
- Understand the problems arising from pollutants from the combustion of alkane fuels, limited to the toxicity of carbon monoxide and why it is toxic and the acidity of oxides of nitrogen and sulfur
- Understand the reactions of alkanes with oxygen in the air (combustion)