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"volatile" means it turns into gas more easily. liquids turn into gasses when the temperature increases and all the bonds break apart. the smaller the hydrocarbon chains,the fewer bonds that need to break so the faster it will turn to gas.

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A liter of gasoline will boil at?

Gasoline is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with different boiling points. Some components of gasoline will boil at temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius, while others have boiling points above 200 degrees Celsius. So, a liter of gasoline will have a range of boiling points depending on its composition.


What compounds would have the highest boiling points?

ionic


Do elements compounds and mixtures have fix melting and boiling point?

Elements have fixed melting and boiling points, while compounds have varying melting and boiling points depending on their composition. Mixtures do not have fixed melting and boiling points, as they are composed of multiple substances which each have their own individual melting and boiling points.


What are the Boiling and Melting Points of alkaline earth metal?

The boiling points of alkaline earth metals generally increase down the group. For example, the boiling point of beryllium is around 2469°C and the boiling point of barium is around 1860°C. The melting points also generally decrease down the group.


Describe and illustrate the role of the various components which make up a petroleum?

Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons that consists of various components such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Each component has different physical and chemical properties, which determine its behavior during refining and processing. For example, alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons that are more stable and have higher boiling points compared to alkenes, which are unsaturated hydrocarbons. Aromatic hydrocarbons contain a benzene ring structure and are often used as additives in gasoline to enhance octane ratings. Together, these components form the complex mixture known as petroleum.

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What physical property of hydrocarbons is used for fractional distillation?

If the hydrocarbons are in the liquid state then their differential boiling points are used in separation - fractional distillation. Some hydrocarbons are also separated by their differential solubility in some organic solvents. =)


Hydrocarbon boiling points increase the number of carbon or decrease?

Boiling points of hydrocarbons generally increase with an increase in the number of carbon atoms. This is because larger hydrocarbons have stronger London dispersion forces due to increased surface area, which requires more energy to overcome during boiling.


Fractional distillation is used to separate hydrocarbons The process is based on?

boiling points


What is a mixture of hydrocarbons with different boiling points called?

Also a mixture, not a special name.


How can you separate hydrocarbons from crude oil?

Hydrocarbons can be separated from crude oil through a process called fractional distillation, where the crude oil is heated to separate different hydrocarbon components based on their boiling points. The hydrocarbons with lower boiling points, such as gases and light liquids, are separated at the top of the distillation column, while those with higher boiling points, such as heavy oils and residuals, are collected at the bottom.


Do long hydrocarbons have a higher boiling point then short hydrocarbons?

This is true as far as we are talking about alkanes. As the size of an alkane chain increases the boiling point increases because the relatively low van der Waals forces increase with mass. The higher the vdw forces the more energy required to break apart two molecules and thus higher boiling points.


What property of hydrocarbons lets fractional distillation of crude oil work?

The boiling points of chemical compounds are different.


How are different hydrocarbons separated by fractional distillation at an oil refinery?

Separation is based on the differences between boiling points.


Why the crude oil has to be heated in the fractional distillation?

When crude oil is processed in the fractional distillation column it separates out different by products on the basis of their boiling points. Most of the by- products of the crude oil have a large difference in their boiling points so method of fractional distillation is viable in such a process. Fractional distillation can also be done to separate out water and acetone from a solution.


How is crude made into products?

Crude oil contains mixture of various types of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are separated by fractional distillation. Different hydrocarbons have different boiling points and therefore after crude oil is heated, shorter chains of hydrocarbons which have lower boiling point will become gas and can be easily separated one by one from hydrocarbons with shorter chains to longer chains. The brief products are Petroleum Gas, Gasoline, Kerosone, Heating Oil, Lubricating Oil and Bitumen in order of increasing molecular size.


Why do hydrocarbons with more carbons have a higher boiling rate?

Hydrocarbons with more carbons have higher boiling points because they have stronger London dispersion forces due to increased surface area and thus require more energy to overcome these intermolecular forces and transition to the gaseous phase. This results in a higher boiling rate compared to hydrocarbons with fewer carbons.


Why are different hydrocarbons have different melting points?

hydrocarbons have different boiling point, the greater the size, the higher the boiling point. This is easily explained by if you imagine a bowl of spaghetti- it is easier to pull out a small strang (it takes less energy). It is the same with hydrocarbons hope that helps