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Crude oil can be separated through a process called fractional distillation. This occurs in a refinery, where crude oil is heated to high temperatures. As the oil vapor rises through a vertical column, it cools, and different hydrocarbons condense at various temperatures. The column has trays or packing materials to facilitate separation based on boiling points. Lighter components like gases condense at the top, while heavier ones like bitumen collect at the bottom. This process exploits the differences in boiling points of hydrocarbons, allowing the extraction of various useful products such as gasoline, diesel, and lubricants from crude oil.
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How can crude oil be separated into its components?
It is separated by fractional distillation into the different components.
How crude oil is separated into useful fraction?
Crude oil is separated into different substances with similar boiling points. The substances in crude oil can be separated using fractional distillation. The crude oil is evaporated and its vapours are allowed to condense at different temperatures in the fractionating column. Each fraction contains hydrocarbon molecules with a similar number of carbon atoms
Why can crude oil be separated using fractional distillation?
The chemical constituents of crude oil all have different boiling points, which allows them to be separated by means of fractional distillation.
Why the mixture that is crude oil can be separated out?
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Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
What is the factory where crude oil is separated?
Crude oil is separated in an oil refinery which makes a bunch of different byproducts such as airplane gas, kerosene, and alot more. -cooleye101
Where is crude separated by heating?
An oil refinery
How crude oil separated?
fractional distillation.
How is crude oil separated?
fractional distillation.
How can crude oil be separated into its components?
It is separated by fractional distillation into the different components.
How crude oil is separated into useful fraction?
Crude oil is separated into different substances with similar boiling points. The substances in crude oil can be separated using fractional distillation. The crude oil is evaporated and its vapours are allowed to condense at different temperatures in the fractionating column. Each fraction contains hydrocarbon molecules with a similar number of carbon atoms
Why can crude oil be separated using fractional distillation?
The chemical constituents of crude oil all have different boiling points, which allows them to be separated by means of fractional distillation.
Is crude oil a mixture?
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which can be separated by fractional distillation. Oil is NOT an element.
What is a process in which crude oil can be separated?
Ditillation at different temperatures
Where is crude oil separated into fuel and other products?
At refineries.
Why the mixture that is crude oil can be separated out?
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Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
