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These processes are not identical but they have many similarities; fractional distillation is a type of refining.

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Q: Is oil refining same as fractional distillation?
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Which of the following separation methods is used in refining oil?

Oil is refined by fractional distillation.


Explain fractional distillation and how it is used in refining oil?

Fractional distillation is a technique used to separate liquids with different boiling points. It is used in refining oil, whereby different types of oils are separated according to their different boiling points.


How do you separate kerosene and crude oil?

kerosene and petrol can be separated by the process of fractional distillation.


How is crude oil separated into fractions?

The separation is possible by fractional distillation.


How oil is separated?

fractional distillation.


How is crude oil separated into its components?

Usually by fractional distillation. BT+NG=BFFL


Chemists obtain pure petrol from crude oil what do you call this process?

fractional distillation


How crude oil separated?

fractional distillation.


How is crude oil separated?

fractional distillation.


Why the crude oil has to be heated in the fractional distillation?

When crude oil is processed in the fractional distillation column it separates out different by products on the basis of their boiling points. Most of the by- products of the crude oil have a large difference in their boiling points so method of fractional distillation is viable in such a process. Fractional distillation can also be done to separate out water and acetone from a solution.


Is fractional distillation of oil a process of exothermic?

Distillation need heat to work.


How do you get these substances from crude oil?

Fractional Distillation-I think