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Edexcel ·Chemistry·Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

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Fuels, homologous series, alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, carboxylic acids, and polymers.

Fuels and crude oil

Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons separated by fractional distillation (according to boiling point). Fractions (top → bottom): refinery gases, gasoline (petrol), naphtha, kerosene, diesel, fuel oil, bitumen. Complete combustion of a hydrocarbon gives CO2+H2OCO_2 + H_2OCO2​+H2​O; incomplete combustion (limited oxygen) gives carbon monoxide and soot (carbon).

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