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A 1.160 g sample of a hydrocarbon contains 0.960 g of carbon.

(relative atomic masses: C = 12, H = 1)

What is the empirical formula of the hydrocarbon?

[1]
A

CH2\mathrm{CH_{2}}CH2​

B

CH3\mathrm{CH_{3}}CH3​

C

C2H5\mathrm{C_{2}H_{5}}C2​H5​

D

C4H10\mathrm{C_{4}H_{10}}C4​H10​

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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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