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Is petroleum an element?
Petroleum is a fossil fuel! It is composed of several elements and is not an element itself.
Is petroleum a solid?
Petroleum is a liquid.
Why do you crack petroleum?
You don't crack Petroleum. Petroleum is one of the distillates of cracking crude oil.
Is plastic made of petroleum?
plastic is made out of petroleum. The source for today's plastic is petroleum.
Where do we find petroleum?
we find petroleum in the earth we dig for it
What earth material is Kevlar composed of?
Petroleum
Is petroleum an element?
Petroleum is a fossil fuel! It is composed of several elements and is not an element itself.
What is ink made off?
inks are composed of petroleum naphthas, resins, and coal-tar solvents.
Is ethylene petroleum?
No. It is produced from either ethylene oxide (an epoxide) or ethylene glycol (an alchohol). Petroleum is composed of tens, often hundreds, of hydrocarbons and is not used to make polyethylene glycol.
What item of daily consumption today is composed of the remains of animals which lived in the seas millions of years ago?
The oil we use for petroleum products
Why is tert-butyl methyl ether more polar than petroleum ether?
Tert-butyl methyl ether more polar than petroleum ethere cause petroleum ether isn't an ether- it's composed of hydrocarbons, which are nonpolar. The real ether that is in tBME includes oxygen, which is electronegative and creates more polarity in the molecule.
Is petroleum a nonrenewable resource or a renewable one?
Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource because like oil it can eventually run out Unrefined petroleum is known as "crude oil" - it is oil, not like oil. Petroleum IS RENEWABLE, because it is refined from raw materials (crude oil) which is composed of minerals (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur and others) which never go away. The question should be: "HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR CRUDE TO BE RENEWED?" And that is a question that nobody has the answer to. Scientific evidence is inconclusive and still a bone of contention.
What are two examples of hydrocarbon around us?
We use propane and butane as petroleum fuels. Octane is used as petrol. Candle wax, diesel and tar are also mainly composed of hydrocarbons.
What do you mean by petroleum refining?
petroleum refining is petroleum refining
What is the definition of petroleum free?
Something that contains no petroleum is petroleum-free.
Is petroleum a solid?
Petroleum is a liquid.
Why is petroleum known as crude oil?
Crude oil straight out of the ground is not uniform (clean), but is composed of many fractions which can be extracted simply by weight. Other fractions can be 'cracked' by heat, pressure, solvents and distillation. To distinguish from other, purer oils, the basic material is called 'crude'. Strictly speaking, 'petroleum' itself is a fraction of crude.
