How about trying a slightly more difficult question on cracking of crude oil / petroleum?
Check out the question below and leave your suggested answers in the “Comments Section” right directly below this blogpost.
Question:
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Well Done Jennifer! Keep the momentum going..
for b) since catalyst is used, sometimes we call it Catalytic Cracking.
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Sean
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a) C20H42(silicon oxide or aluminium oxide catalyst under high temperatures and pressure) -> 6C2H4 + C8H18
b) Cracking
c) Add a few drops of bromine to the reaction mixture in a dark room. If ethene an alkene is present, the reddish-brown colour of bromine decolourises till it is colourless.