Module 5—Hydrocarbons and the Petroleum Industry

 
Linking Statements

 

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source of

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extract, separate, ship alkanes from petroleum

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from

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one example

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refining produces some alkanes

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hydrocarbons used by many industries (plastics, solvents)

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refined products of natural gas used by industry (ethane, plastics)

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examples of numbers of industries and plants in Alberta

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type of

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ending “ene” and “yne;” prefix “cyclo”

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cracking, reforming increases abundance of some hydrocarbons

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example of

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aromatics have chemical formulae like unsaturated hydrocarbons

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alkenes can be product of natural gas refining (ethene)

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public opinion

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influence of economic perspectives

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influence of ecological perspectives

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hydrocarbons starting point for many other products

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one source of

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economic and technological perspectives suggest