0
Crude oil is a mixture of compounds, mainly hydrocarbons and derivatives of hydrocarbons.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you know crude oil is a mixture not a compound?
because crude oil is made out of two differents elements
Is crude oil homogenous?
Yes, crude oil is a homogeneous mixture of several hundred to several thousand pure components.
Is crude oil a mixture?
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which can be separated by fractional distillation. Oil is NOT an element.
Why is crude oil a mixture?
It has different types of elements in it (some a compounds). Not just one type. These are not chemically bonded making it a mixture.
Why is crude oil known as crude?
Crude Oil is hydrocarbon and it is mixture of carbon and hydrogen.
Is the crude oil a substance or a mixture?
mixture
What does crude oil contain?
Crude oil contains a mixture of hydrocarbons molecules
What kind of mixture is oil?
Crude Oil is typically a heterogeneous mixture.
Is crude oil a pure substance or mixture?
it is a mixture
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.
Is crude oil a chemical?
Crude oil is a complex mixture of a great many different chemicals.
What does crude oil consist from?
1. crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with small amts of impurities. So in terms of elements, crude oil consist of Carbon and Hydrogen as the main components as well as traces of impurities such as sulphur, nitrogen ad oxygen containing compounds.
