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To make alkenes, to make alkenes with smaller molecules, to make fuels that are more useful or for which there is more demand.
Large hydrocarbons do not burn easily or are less in demand
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How is crude oil split into its fractions?
by eating
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.
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.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
Why crude oil is separated into different fractions?
Unless you own a cargo ship and run it on crude oil - some operators do - it has to be separated into fractions before it's usable.
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.
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.
How is crude oil split into its fractions?
by eating
Where did the kerosenes come from?
They are fractions from crude oil refining.
What fractions are usually cracked?
Petrol, fuel oil , disel oil
What are the heaviest fractions of crude oil used for?
Bitumen for roads.
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.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
Why crude oil is separated into different fractions?
Unless you own a cargo ship and run it on crude oil - some operators do - it has to be separated into fractions before it's usable.
How does naphtha separate from the other fractions of crude oil?
fractional distillation
What are the lighter fractions of crude oil generally used for?
liquid petroleum
Process of separating crute oil into fractions?
Crude oil is separated by fractional distillation in an oil refinery.
