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9.1 Fuels

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Heavy fuel oil (HFO) used in marine shipping often contains sulfur compounds as impurities.

Explain how the combustion of heavy fuel oil in ship engines leads to the formation of acid rain.

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9.1 Fuels Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /9.1 Fuels

130 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 9.1 Fuels, covering 9.1.1 Hydrocarbons and crude oil, 9.1.2 Fractional distillation of crude oil and its fractions, 9.1.3 The alkanes as a homologous series, 9.1.4 Complete and incomplete combustion, 9.1.5 Pollutants from burning fuels, 9.1.6 Hydrogen as a fuel and non-renewable fossil fuels, and 9.1.7 Cracking of larger alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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