Lab 8.2 Hydrocarbon Properties [Due 3/14]

Write a small paragraph to respond to the “Lab Essential Question.”

Be sure to include:

·        How you are interpreting both the viscosity data, and the boiling point data, in terms of strength of intermolecular attractions.

·        What the strength of intermolecular attractions has to do with molecular size.

ENRICHMENT:

Research one or more of the following of interest to you.  Write 2-3 paragraphs summarizing your findings.

a.     The discovery of oil in the US and the location of the first drilling for oil ever done.

b.     How oil is drilled out of the ground.

c.      The extraction of oil from “oil shale” and “oil sand” deposits.

d.     The refining process used to extract particular components out of “crude oil.”

e.      The likelihood of finding natural gas, oil or coal deposits in Western NY.