Vocabulary List (in order of appearance)
Ethanol:
Ethanol is also called Ethyl Alcohol, alcohol, grain alcohol, industrial
alcohol, fermentation alcohol, cologne spirits, ethyl hydroxide and methyl
carbinal.
Miscible Substance : Mixes without separation.
Ethylene:A fundamental part of Ethanol is made up of Ethylene.Ethylene is a chain of two carbons joined by a double bond. There are two single bonded hydrogen atoms off of each carbon. Ethylene is a gas at 22¾ C. Ethylene’s chemical formula is C2H4.
Alkene:Alkenes are chemical compounds in which there are carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in a similar fashion. Alkenes are reactive with many substances because of the double bond between the carbons.
Cracking: Inside the cracker, the hydrocarbons are heated by steam are passed over the hot alumina-silica gel, which is a catalyst. The catalyst provides a huge surface onto which the hydro-carbons break up into smaller, more useful hydrocarbons.
Cracker: A cracker is a machine in the chemical plant used to break naptha.Inside the cracker, the hydrocarbons are heated by steam and are passed over the hot alumina-silica gel, which is a catalyst.The catalyst provides a large surface onto which the naphtha or hydro-carbon's crack(see vocab list)into smaller, more useful hydrocarbons napha (see vocab list).
Catalyst: A catalyst increases the rate at which the reaction is completed, lowers the activation energy, is never consumed.
Naptha: Napha is a chain of 8 to 12 carbons; a mixture of hydrocarbons that is a yellow liquid which condenses at temperatures between 70¾ and 160¾ C.
Crack:
In the cracker the hydrocarbon’s bonds brake or crack.
Cassava:
a starchy plant
Fructose: C6H12O6
Hexose:
glucose or fructose
Glucose:
C6H12O6
Invertase:
an enzyme present in yeast
Zymase:
an enzyme present in yeast
200 proof:
100% alcohol, proof is normally double the concentration of alcohol
Alkenes are reactive with many substances because of the double bond between the carbons. Ethylene is a chain of two carbons