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Paper 2 SPECIMEN (SET 1) - Q3

3) Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons.
It can be separated into fractions.
(a) Which of these mixtures shows formulae of substances that could be in the gaseous fraction of crude oil? (1)
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(b) Figure 3 shows the percentages of the fractions in crude oil from three different oil wells.
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(i) State which oil well contains the greatest combined total of diesel oil and fuel oil. (1)

(ii) State which oil well produces a crude oil containing the highest percentage of the high boiling point fractions. (1)

(c) Fractions of crude oil contain alkanes.
A sample of decane, C10H22, cracked using the apparatus in Figure 4.
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(i) Explain how ethene is produced using the apparatus in Figure 4. (3)

(ii) One molecule of decane produced two molecules of propene, C3H6, and one molecule of product Z.
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What is the formula of product Z? (1)
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(iii) When decane undergoes complete combustion, a mixture of carbon dioxide and water is formed.
Complete the balanced equation for this reaction. (2)
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(Total for Question 3 = 9 marks)
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