Chemistry GCSE
Hydrocarbons
What Hydrocarbons means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Molecules that contain only carbon and hydrogen, as in petrol, diesel and natural gas.
Compounds of carbon and hydrogen only, many of which make up crude oil.
Topics that use Hydrocarbons
- Atmospheric pollutants from fuels (AQA GCSE)
- Fractional distillation and petrochemicals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Alkenes
- Atmospheric pollution
- Boiling point and molecular size
- Catenation and structural variety in carbon compounds
- Combustion reactions
- Complete and incomplete combustion
- Conservation of matter
- Cracking
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