Chemistry GCSE
Natural versus synthetic carbon compounds
What Natural versus synthetic carbon compounds means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Natural versus synthetic carbon compounds
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Many compounds such as carbohydrates and proteins occur naturally, while others such as plastics and medicines are synthetic.
Topics that use Natural versus synthetic carbon compounds
- Fractional distillation and petrochemicals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Alkenes
- Boiling point and molecular size
- Catenation and structural variety in carbon compounds
- Cracking
- Evaporation and condensation
- Finite resources
- Fraction
- Fractional distillation
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