1. AQA Chemistry Unit 1
This PowerPoint supports section C1.4, C1.5, C1.6 and C1.7 sections of the AQA Chemistry Unit 1 module

2. Crude Oil

3. Hydrocarbons and crude oil
Crude oil is a mixture of HYDROCARBONS (compounds made up of carbon and hydrogen). Some examples:
Increasing length
Longer chains mean…
Less ability to flow
Less flammable
Less volatile
Higher boiling point C H
Ethane
Butane C H

4. Distillation revision
This apparatus can be used to separate water and ink because they have different _____ ______. The ______ will evaporate first, turn back into a _______ in the condenser and collect in the _______. The ink remains in the round flask, as long as the _______ does not exceed ink’s boiling point. This method can be used to separate crude oil.
Words – temperature, boiling points, water, beaker, liquid

5. Fractional distillation
Crude oil can be separated by fractional distillation. The oil is evaporated and the hydrocarbon chains of different lengths condense at different temperatures:
Fractions with low boiling points condense at the top
Fractions with high boiling points condense at the bottom

6. Alkanes Alkanes are SATURATED HYDROCARBONS. What does this mean?
HYDROCARBONS are molecules that are made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms
SATURATED means that all of these atoms are held together by single COVALENT bonds, for example: C H
Ethane
Butane C H
Alkanes are fairly unreactive (but they do burn well). The general formula for an alkane is CnH2n+2

7. General Formulae for Alkanes
Instead of circles, let’s use letters…
Methane (n=1) H C
Ethane (n=2) H C
Propane (n=3) H C
Butane (n=4) H C
General formula for alkanes = CnH2n+2

8. Burning Fossil Fuels
Burning fossil fuels like oil and coal causes pollution.
Oil contains carbon: C H O
Carbon dioxide is a “greenhouse gas” – it helps cause global warming
Coal contains carbon, sulfur and other particles:
sulfur + oxygen sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide causes acid rain. Other particles can cause “global dimming” – sunlight is absorbed by the particles in the atmosphere.

9. Removing Sulfur
Sulfur dioxide is clearly bad for the environment so it’s a good idea to remove as much sulfur as possible:
Vehicles can remove sulfur from fuels before they are burned.
Power stations can remove sulfur dioxide from waste gases after combustion.

10. Other fuel sources
Task: Identify two other fuel sources (“biofuels”) currently being developed and find out the following:
What is the source called and what is it made of?
Why is the fuel better than coal?
What are the disadvantages of this fuel?

11. Using Crude Oil Benefits Drawbacks Plastics don’t biodegrade
Cheap to extract
Burning fossil fuels causes pollution
Crude Oil
Wide range of uses as fuel
Used to make plastics
Disposal of materials uses up land fill sites
It’s going to run out

12. Disposal of plastics
1) Landfill sites - most plastics do not _________ which means that landfill sites are quickly filled up. Research is being carried out on __________ plastics.
2) Burning – this releases carbon dioxide which causes the ________ effect, as well as other ________ gases.
3) _______ – the best option, but difficult because of the different types of plastic
Words – recycling, greenhouse, decompose, biodegradable, poisonous

13. Ethanol
Ford Escape E85 – runs on 85% ethanol
Ethanol is an important chemical. Many countries are increasing the amount of ethanol put into their petrol supplies:
Ethanol is a “clean burning” energy source and produces little or no greenhouse gases. How is it made and what are the advantages and disadvanatges of each method?
The “fossil fuel” way
Ethene is produced by “cracking” oil
Ethene + steam ethanol
The “renewable” way
Sugar is produced from standard crops like sugar cane and corn
Sugar ethanol + carbon dioxide

14. Making ethanol from ethene
Ethene + water ethanol
C2H + H C2H5OH
Ethene
Reaction vessel with high
temperature and pressure
and a catalyst
Ethanol
Unused ethene recycled

15. Cracking
Shorter chain hydrocarbons are in greater demand because they burn easier. They can be made from long chain hydrocarbons by “cracking”:
Butane
Ethane
For example, this bond can be “cracked” to give these:
Ethene

16. Cracking Gaseous hydrocarbon Long chain hydrocarbon Heated catalyst
Liquid hydrocarbon
This is a THERMAL DECOMPOSITION reaction, with clay used as a catalyst
Cracking is used to produce plastics such as polymers and polyethanes. The waste products from this reaction include carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and water vapour. There are three main environmental problems here:
Carbon dioxide causes the _________ effect
Sulfur dioxide causes _____ _____
Plastics are not _____________

17. Alkenes ALKANES ALKENES
Alkenes are different to alkanes; they contain DOUBLE COVALENT bonds. For example:
Ethane
Ethene
ALKANES
ALKENES
Butane
Butene
This double bond means that alkenes have the potential to join with other molecules – this make them REACTIVE. Alkenes turn bromine water colourless.

18. Bromine goes colourless
Testing for alkenes
Bromine water
Oil
Bromine goes colourless

19. General Formulae for Alkenes
Ethene (n=2) H C
Propene (n=3) H C
Butene (n=4) H C
General formula for alkenes = CnH2n

20. Monomers and Polymers C H
Ethene
Here’s ethene again. Ethene is called a MONOMER because it is just one small molecule. We can use ethene to make plastics…
Step 1: Break the double bond
Step 2: Add the molecules together:
This molecule is called POLYETHENE, and the process that made it is called POLYMERISATION

21. Another way of drawing it…
Instead of circles, let’s use letters…
Ethene C H H C
Poly(e)thene
General formula for addition polymerisation: C n C n
e.g. C n H
CH3 C n H
CH3

22. Some examples C n H Cl Br C n H C n H Cl C n H Cl Br

23. Uses of addition polymers
Poly(ethene)
Poly(propene)
Poly(styrene)
Poly(chloroethene), PVC

24. Biodegradable carrier bags
This carrier bag has been made with flax fibre from industrial waste.

25. Measuring Energy in Food
The energy content in foods is measured in Joules and calories
Foods with large carbohydrate and fat contents have lots of energy, but too much energy and too little exercise could lead to obesity.

26. Vegetable Oils Use of oil Benefits Drawbacks Oily foods Fuel
When plants photosynthesise they produce glucose. They can also produce vegetable oils and we can use these for food and fuel:
Use of oil
Benefits
Drawbacks
Oily foods
Fuel

27. Extracting Oil Step 2: Remove oil by pressing Step 1: Crush the plant
OR step 3: Remove oil by distillation

28. Why use oil for cooking?
Why do we use oil for cooking and not just water?
What are the problems associated with using oil in cooking?

29. Healthy and Unhealthy Oils
“Saturated”
Healthy oils:
“Unsaturated”

30. Saturated vs. Unsaturated FatsC H
Ethene
Some oils are more healthy than others. Fish oils contain the nutrients Omega-3 and Omega-6. These oils are “unsaturated” like ethene:
Bromine water
Testing for double bonds:
Clearly, it is important for scientists to be able to test if a food contains “healthy” unsaturated fats or “unhealthy” saturated fats. Here’s how it’s done:
Bromine goes colourless
Oil (in ethanol)

31. Turning unsaturates into saturates
600C, Nickel catalyst
The unsaturated fat is hardened by “hydrogenation”. Hydrogenated oils have a higher melting point and so are solid at room temperature, making them useful for spreads and pastries.

32. Emulsions What’s an emulsion?
It’s a mixture of oil and water, like in salad dressing…
Butterfat
Paint is an emulsion. Other examples:
Watery liquid
Milk
Cream
Butter

33. Different thicknesses of cream
Why use emulsions?
Emulsions can have varying textures and this makes them useful. Some examples:
Different thicknesses of cream
Paint and mayonnaise

34. Emulsifiers
An emulsifier is an additive that will stop oil and water from seperating, like in mayonnaise.
How they work:
I’m an emulsifier – I’ll sort this out with my hydrophobic end and my hydrophilic end!
I don’t want to mix with you!
Water
Oil
The water and oil drops become “coated” and insulated from one another, which prevents them from separating.

35. Uses of emulsifiers in food
Emulsifiers are used:
In bread, to stop large _____ developing when it bakes
In low fat spreads, to allow the oil and water to be _____
In ice cream and spray cream, to ______ the foam
In sponge cakes, to make tiny pockets of ____
In chocolate, to stop melted chocolate forming _______
Words – crystals, air, holes, mixed, stabilise

36. The Structure of the Earth
A thin crust km thick
A mantle – has the properties of a solid but it can also flow
A core – made of molten nickel and iron. Outer part is liquid and inner part is solid
The average density of the Earth is much higher than the crust, so the inner core must be very dense

37. Movement of the Lithosphere
The Earth’s LITHOSPHERE (i.e. the _______) is split up into different sections called ________ plates:
These plates are moving apart from each other a few centimetres every _______ due to the ________ currents in the mantle caused by the ________ decay of rocks inside the core.
Words – radioactive, crust, convection, tectonic, year

38. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can be common here
Plate Movements
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can be common here
Oceanic Crust
Mantle
Convection Currents
Magma

39. The Earth’s Atmosphere
For the last 200 million years the atmosphere has remained roughly the same – it contains 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% noble gases and about 0.03% CO2
Carbon dioxide, water vapour
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Noble gases

40. Evolution of the Earth’s Atmosphere
Carbon
dioxide
Methane
Ammonia
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Others
Present day atmosphere contains 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% noble gases and about 0.03% CO2
4 Billion years
3 Billion years
2 Billion years
1 Billion years
Present day

41. Evolution of the Earth’s Atmosphere
Volcanic activity releases CO2, methane, ammonia and water vapour into the atmosphere. The water vapour condenses to form oceans.
Some of the oxygen is converted into ozone. The ozone layer blocks out harmful ultra-violet rays which allows for the development of new life.
4 Billion years
3 Billion years
2 Billion years
1 Billion years
Present day
Green plants evolve which take in CO2 and give out oxygen. Carbon from CO2 becomes locked up in sedimentary rocks as carbonates and fossil fuels. Methane and ammonia react with the oxygen and nitrogen is released.

42. One theory about how life was formed…
The “Primordial Soup” theory:
A collection of simple molecules like methane
Dr Stanley Miller
Amino acids
In 1953 I conducted an experiment that proved that an electrical discharge can turn methane into amino acids! This is called the “Miller-Urey experiment”.

43. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is affected by 3 things:
1) Geological activity moves carbonate rocks deep into the Earth and they release ______ _______ into the atmosphere during volcanic activity.
2) When fossil fuels are burned the carbon contained in them reacts with _____ to form CO2.
3) Increased CO2 in the atmosphere causes a reaction between it and _______. These reactions do not remove ALL of the new CO2 so the greenhouse effect is still getting _______!
Words – oxygen, seawater, carbon dioxide, worse

44. Fractional distillation
Separating air
Air can be separated into the different gases that make it up. To do this you first have to cool air down to -2000C and turn it into a liquid:
Remove CO2 and H2O vapour
Liquid air
(-200OC)
Fractional distillation
Nitrogen
Argon
Oxygen
In this chamber the air is gradually heated up again and the different parts of air “distil” off at different temperatures according to their boiling points

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