1. Fossil Fuel Composition
Fossil Fuels: petroleum, natural gas, & coal
All mixtures of hydrocarbons

2. Hydrocarbons
Made from atoms of the elements:
Hydrogen
Carbon

3. Hydrocarbons are organic molecules because they came from organic life
Once living plants and animals that died and material was pressurized over many, many years

4. Organic molecules- carbon forms the center or “backbone” and hydrogen atoms are bonded to the carbon(s)
CH₄- methane
The BONDS store chemical energy!

5. 10 simple hydrocarbons- what’s the pattern
10 simple hydrocarbons- what’s the pattern? What does the prefix tell you?
Methane- CH₄
Ethane- C₂H6
Propane-C3H8
Butane- C₄H₁₀
Pentane C5H₁₂
Hexane- C6H₁₄
Heptane- C7H16
Octane- C8H₁8
Nonane- C9H₂₀
Decane- C₁₀H₂₂