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Crude oil, or petroleum is a mixture of "widely varying constituents and proportions"1, including hydrocarbons (i.e., paraffinic, napthenic and aromatics), dissolved gasses such as nitrogen and carbin dioxide, sulfur compounds, organic nitrogen compounds, organic oxygen compounds, organic metallic compounds, collodial particles (eg., resins), fresh and/or salt water, and solids, such as pipeline scale and corrosion products2.
1. crude oil. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 14, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
2. Oilfield Processing of Petroleum: Crude Oil By Francis S. Manning, Richard E. Thompson. PennWell Books.
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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.
Why is it not possible to use crude oil directly?
It is not volatile, it consists of thick, viscous liquid.
What are liquid fossil fuels?
Petroleum consists mainly of liquid hydrocarbons.
What is Nigeria's position in the world in producing crude oil?
Crude oil is crude..
How are polymers made into crude oil?
Polymers are not made into crude oil. Crude oil is made into polymers.
What temperature does crude oil evaporate?
Since crude oil contains a variety of hydrocarbon components of different molecular weights, there is no single evaporation temperature. As crude oil is heated the lower molecular weight components boil off first. At temperatures above 650°F the crude oil will begin the process of "cracking" in which the larger components thermally degrade into smaller components. If crude oil is heated in this manner in the absence of oxygen, a final solid product called petroleum coke will be left behind, which consists of carbon, as well as the other impurities in the crude oil that were not removed such as sulfur, vanadium, etc.
What can you do with crude oil?
What other thing you can do with crude oil.
Is crude oil a mixture?
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which can be separated by fractional distillation. Oil is NOT an element.
Is polythene made from crude oil?
Yup! Crude Oil -> Crude Oil Vapour --> Diesel Oil --> Ethene --> Poly(ethene)
Why is crude oil known as crude?
Crude Oil is hydrocarbon and it is mixture of carbon and hydrogen.
What is the spiked crude oil?
Crude oil blended with condensate or NGLs
How many gallons of gasoline are there in a barrel of crude oil?
Zero. A barrel or crude oil contains... crude oil.
