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Crude oil is a complex mixture of a great many different chemicals.
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Crude oil is a toxic chemical that is?
Crude oil is inorganic.
what chemical in crude oil is more volatile oxygen carbon hydrogen or nitrogen?
Crude oil contain compounds of O, C, H, N and not chemical elements.
What is the role of chemistry in purifying crude oil in an oil refinery?
All the processes involved in the refining of crude oil are chemical processes; this is the field of petrochemistry.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
Why can crude oil be separated using fractional distillation?
The chemical constituents of crude oil all have different boiling points, which allows them to be separated by means of fractional distillation.
Is crude petroleum a solution or a mechanical mixture?
Crude Oil is a mixture of thousands of compounds of hydrocarbons.
What is demulsifier?
Demulsifier is type of chemical mostly used with or injected on wet crude oil,
What chemical element is bonded to hydrogen to make up crude oil?
fuel pump
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.
What chemical elements make up crude oil?
The make-up of crude oil consists 84% carbon molecules,14% hydrogen, and the remaining consists of nitrogen, oxygen, and various metals.
Is the fractionation of crude oil a physical change?
It is actually a chemical change. Known as Catalytic Cracking, it takes crude oil apart into the different components, and cannot be put back together again.
What is Nigeria's position in the world in producing crude oil?
Crude oil is crude..
