hydrocarbons are all compounds that include compounds with the basic components of carbon and hydrogen. They are all combustable. Hydrocarbons can also have additional elements compounded on, but the basic structure includes carbon and hydrogen.
Gases have the highest particle speed, followed by liquids, and then solids. Gases have particles that are widely spaced and move quickly, while liquids have particles that move more slowly due to stronger intermolecular forces, and solids have the slowest particles due to their fixed positions.
Gases have the greatest volume. Liquids are denser than gases. Most solids are slightly denser than liquids. One important exception is ice. Ice is solid water, but because of its crystal structure, ice is not as dense as liquid water.
No, liquids are generally not easy to compress because the particles in liquids are already close together. When pressure is applied to a liquid, the particles are not able to move closer, so the volume of the liquid does not change significantly.
hydrogen and nitrogen (I think)
The molecules that make up gases are spread farther apart than the molecules that make up liquids, and gas molecules are moving more rapidly. Individual gas molecules have less of an attraction between them than the the molecules making up liquids. That combined with their more rapid movement causes them to be able to diffuse more easily than liquids. Both being fluids, gases are more thinly distrbuted than liquids, which allows them to be diffused more easily. Think of fluids as a large party of people, all holding hands, and you could think of gases as a large party of people equipped with jetpacks. You turn on a very powerful fan. The party of jetpacks will be more easily affected since they're not supported by a link to one another; the party of hand-holders might still be affected, but has a much stronger bond and will not disperse as easily.
I think because mostly it is solids that are all around you, and what you notice the most. So you don't really pay attension to liquids or gases unless your handling them.
Different hydrocarbons have different boiling points (and melting points) depending on their molecular size: smaller molecules boil at lower temperatures, larger molecules boil at higher temperatures. This fact is used to refine petroleum by fractional distillation. Methane has very small molecules and is a gas. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene have medium size molecules and are liquids. Asphalt has large molecules and is solid.
Gases have the highest particle speed, followed by liquids, and then solids. Gases have particles that are widely spaced and move quickly, while liquids have particles that move more slowly due to stronger intermolecular forces, and solids have the slowest particles due to their fixed positions.
If you think of density in terms of particles this becomes easier to remember. In which would the particles be closer together? A liquid, so the liquid is denser.
No, conduction can occur in solids, liquids, and gases. In solids, conduction happens through direct contact between particles. In liquids and gases, it occurs through the transfer of heat energy by the movement of particles.
I think the only liquids that do not contain water, besides the liquified form of various metals and nonmetals or gases or compounds such as Hydrogen Peroxide, are the elements Bromine (BR) and Mercury (HG).
Gases have the greatest volume. Liquids are denser than gases. Most solids are slightly denser than liquids. One important exception is ice. Ice is solid water, but because of its crystal structure, ice is not as dense as liquid water.
Particles are the tiny building blocks that make up everything around us, including solids, liquids, and gases. They are so small that we can't see them with our eyes; instead, we can think of them as tiny specks or dots. In solids, particles are close together and vibrate in place, while in liquids, they are more spread out and can move around each other. In gases, particles are far apart and move freely, which is why gases can fill up any space they are in.
No, liquids are generally not easy to compress because the particles in liquids are already close together. When pressure is applied to a liquid, the particles are not able to move closer, so the volume of the liquid does not change significantly.
You think probable to a shale.
No. Hydrocarbons contain only Hydrogen and Carbon atoms. Think about it for a second, HYDRO-Carbon. HYDROGEN... Get it?
You can think of petroleum deposits AS a mixture of hydrocarbons. One such mixture which we process and purify is gasoline!