Question

a chemist studies two forms of refined gasoline. which of the following branches of chemistry might the chemist us?

Answer 1

Answer: Organic chemistry

Step-by-step explanation:

As the chemist is studying two forms of gasoline, where both are organic chemicals hence they belong to organic chemistry as the branch. Also, the two forms of the refined gasoline can be used to study other features of gasoline in organic chemistry and the experiment can be help to analyze the gasoline in many ways.

Answer 2

The branch of chemistry that the chemist might use will be the branch of organic chemistry. This is because gasoline is an organic compound. We can say that a compound is organic if it contains a carbon atom. Gasoline is composed of long chains of alkanes (hydrocarbons with single bonds) ranging from 4 carbon atoms to 12 carbon atoms.