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chapter four concepts: energy, fuel, combustion

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First Law of Thermodynamics   conservation of energy and mass, energy is neither created nor destroyed  
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heat   energy that flows from hotter to colder object  
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temperature   property that determines the direction of heat flow  
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combustion   combination of fuel and oxygen to form products  
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exothermic reaction   term applied to any chemical or physical change accopanied by the the release of heat.  
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Calorimeter   measures quantity of heat energy releaswed in a combustion reaction. ex: burning coal  
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Endothermic reaction   any chemical or physical change that absorbs energy. ex: melting ice  
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activation energy   energy necessary to initiate a reaction  
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Tetraethyl lead substitues   1) Ethanol 2) MTBE  
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Entropy   randomness in position or energy level (going from order to disorder) Increase in entropy: exothermic. Decrease in entropy: endothermic  
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second law of thermodynamics   energy is lost through heat  
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Oil - refining process   crude oil (petroleum) refining process: crude oil separeted into fractions that consist of compounds with similar properties.  
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Distillation   a purification, or separation, process in which a solution is heated to its boiling point and the vapors are condensed and collected.  
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isomers   compounds with the same chemical formula but different chemical structure. ex. octane and isooctane  
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Cracking   chemical process by which large moclecules are broken into smaller ones suitable to be used in gasoline  
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thermal cracking   achieved by heating the starting materials to a high temperature  
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catalytic cracking   catalysts are used to promote molecular breakdown at lower temperatures  
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oxygenated gasolines   blends of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons with oxygen-containing compounds such as MTBE, ethanol or methanol  
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Reformulated Gasolines   oxygenated gasolines that also contain a lower percentage of certain more volatile hydrocarbons such a benzene found in nonoxygenated conventional gasoline  
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biomass   materials produced by biological processes  
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refinery gases   Most volatile components of the fractionating tower boil far below room temperature  
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hydrocarbons   molecules consisting of only hydrogen and carbon atoms  
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Alkanes   hydrocarbons with only single bonds between carbons  
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bond energy   the amount of energy that must be absorbed to break a specific chemical bond  
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heat of combustion   quantity ofr heat energy given off when a specified amount of a substance burns in oxygen  
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thermal energy   random motion of molecules  
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potential and kinetic energy   potential: form of energy related to positions of atoms and molecular structure and stored in chemical bonds. kinetic: energy in motion  
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calorie   amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of exactly one gram of water by one degree Celsius. 4.184 J  
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work   done when movement occurs against a restraining force. Work is equal to force multiplied by distance over which motion occurs  
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