A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Developing Fuels

Developing Fuels is the second unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

  • DF1: Petrol is popular
  • DF2: Getting energy from fuels
  • DF3: Focus on petrol
  • DF4: Making petrol − getting the right octane rating
  • DF5: Trouble with emissions
  • DF6: Tackling the emissions problem
  • DF7: Changing the fuel
  • DF8: Hydrogen − a fuel for the future?
  • DF9: Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

  • 4.1 Energy out, energy in
  • 1.3 Using equations to work out reacting masses
  • 4.2 Where does the energy come from?
  • 12.1 Alkanes
  • 3.4 Structural isomerism
  • 13.2 Alcohols and ethers
  • 4.3 Entropy and the direction of change

Activities

  • DF1.1 Which fuel for the future?
  • DF1.2 Measuring the enthalpy change of combustion of different fuels
  • DF1.3 Comparing the enthalpy changes of combustion of different alcohol
  • DF2.1 Using spreadsheets to calculate enthalpy changes of combustion
  • DF2.2 Making notes
  • DF3.1 How do physical properties change along the alkane series?
  • DF3.2 Comparing winter and summer petrol blends
  • DF3.3 Auto-ignition in a test-tube
  • DF4.1 Modelling and naming alkanes
  • DF4.2 The octane numbers of different alkanes
  • DF4.3 Using zeolites
  • DF4.4 Cracking alkanes
  • DF4.5 A closer look at alcohols
  • DF4.6 Blend your own
  • DF4.7 Why do hydrocarbons mix?
  • DF4.8 Petrol - pulling it all together
  • DF5 What happens to the sulphur?
  • DF9 Check your notes on Developing Fuels
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