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What is a fraction in crude oil?
Crude oil is a mixture of various chemicals. If you distill crude oil you can separate it into components, which are also known as fractions.
What is the main use of crude oil fractions?
The crude oil fractions are deisel, pertol (gas), propane, butane, tar etc.These are used as fuels, in the chemical industry and in the paving of roads.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
Why crude oil is separated into different fractions?
Unless you own a cargo ship and run it on crude oil - some operators do - it has to be separated into fractions before it's usable.
How does naphtha separate from the other fractions of crude oil?
fractional distillation
What is a fraction in crude oil?
Crude oil is a mixture of various chemicals. If you distill crude oil you can separate it into components, which are also known as fractions.
Where did the kerosenes come from?
They are fractions from crude oil refining.
How does petroleum occur in nature?
It doesn't occur in nature. It occurs as a long chain hydrocarbon, such as crude oil. Crude oil is then split up into different fractions in a fractioning column (via distillation). One of the shorter chains that has practical uses is petrol. Fractions include: Fuel oil, Diesel, lubricating oil, kerosene, jet fuels, petroleum and bottled gas.
What are the heaviest fractions of crude oil used for?
Bitumen for roads.
What is the main use of crude oil fractions?
The crude oil fractions are deisel, pertol (gas), propane, butane, tar etc.These are used as fuels, in the chemical industry and in the paving of roads.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
Why does crude oil need to be separated?
You use fractional distillation. This involves a fractionating tower in which vaporised crude oil is fed into. It relies on the substances in crude oil having differnet boiling points. The temperature decreases further up the column, so shorter chain molecules condense near the top, while longer chain molecules - like bitumen - condense lower down - near 350 degrees. This refines crude oil easily.
Why crude oil is separated into different fractions?
Unless you own a cargo ship and run it on crude oil - some operators do - it has to be separated into fractions before it's usable.
How does naphtha separate from the other fractions of crude oil?
fractional distillation
What are the lighter fractions of crude oil generally used for?
liquid petroleum
Process of separating crute oil into fractions?
Crude oil is separated by fractional distillation in an oil refinery.
Can you separate oil?
Crude oil is readily separated into fractions one of which is gasoline. Lubricating oil is much more difficult.
