Tuesday, May 17, 2011

5.12 I can recall the problems associated with fractional distillation of crude oil

Read Chemistry For You Page 145
a. When crude oil undergoes fractional distillation there are too many long chain hydrocarbons (eg bitumen) produced and not enough short chain hydrocarbons (eg refinery gases)

b. To solve these problems the long chain hydrocarbons undergo a chemical reaction called crackin (see objective 5.13)

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