Alkanes

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Cody Pixley, Pat Wilson, Nick Zessoules

I got a some good information from a couple websites and here it is: Uses of Alkanes: I found out that Alkanes are used in petroleum, natural gas, propane, motor fuel, kerosene, diesel, petroleum jelly, and heavy oil. The alkane uses are determined by the number of carbon atoms in the compound.

Definition: Alkanes only contain carbon and hydrogen atoms. They are noncylcic compounds, or in other words are linear. So an alkane would look like this: http://www.chemistry24.com/organic_chemistry/alkanes-and-cycloalkanes.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-alkane.html

Background Info. Alkanes are nonpolar molecules and do not contain intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Alkanes do not dissolve in water because they are hydriphobic, which means they repel water molecules. Alkanes also float in water because water is denser. Like most molecules, alkanes' boiling and melting points increase with their molecular weight. http://www.chemistry24.com/organic_chemistry/alkanes-and-cycloalkanes.html

more info is coming (Cody Pixley)

Hey guys, i checked out the website where you got the picture from and found that they had a lot of information as well.

it turns out that alkanes are aliphatic hydrocarbons, that means that they are linear and not cyclical, for a clearer picture look at the picture cody posted, that is an aliphatic compound. Alkanes also only contain single bonds of hydrogen and carbon.

Common Alkanes from simplest to most complex, and their chemical formulas: Methane- CH 4 Ethane- C 2 H 6 Propane- C 3 H 8 Butane- C 4 H 10

Alkanes that 5 or more Carbon atoms are named by the root of the number of atoms and the suffix -ane at the end, eg. 5 carbon atoms=pentane 6 carbon atoms=hexane, 7 carbon atoms=heptane, and so on.

Alkanes have the general chemical formula: C n H 2n+2

Alkanes are also relatively unreactive, and another common name for them is Paraffins. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-alkane.html  Pat Wilson

Hey guys i got some more pictures we can use for the project like you asked,

black=carbon white=hydrogen Propane is an alkane natural gas is used in stoves and other appliances

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Methane-3D-balls.png http://www.tanktraders.com/Images/Vomar%20Tanks.jpg http://www.northcoastoregon.com/images/uploads/business/natural_gas_250x251_medium.jpg

i also found out that alkanes are highly combustable and are valued as clean fuels that only give of water and carbon dioxide as biproducts and waste products. Alkanes used directly as fuels: Methane Ethane Propane Butane  Gasoline is a mixture of Alkanes starting from methane up to about decane. And Kerosene is a mixture of alkanes n=10-16 Alkanes above 17 are solids at room temperature and are used in such products as petroleum jelly, parrafin wax, diesel fuel, motor oils, and the highes n values are used as aphalt. Derivitaves of Alkanes: Plastics Paint <span style="color: rgb(188, 32, 32);">Drugs <span style="color: rgb(188, 32, 32);">Cosmetics <span style="color: rgb(188, 32, 32);">Detergents

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