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Symbols are given to elements. Formulas describe compounds. Petroleum contains up to 3,000 different compounds, many in very small quantities. Further, every field has a unique mixture of compounds, so no one formula would work.
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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.
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 petroleum a solution or a mechanical mixture?
Crude Oil is a mixture of thousands of compounds of hydrocarbons.
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.
How is natural gas produced from crude oil?
Natural gas is natural gas. It is not made from crude oil or anything else. Thus the name.
Crude oil is a toxic chemical that is?
Crude oil is inorganic.
What is the ticker symbol for oil?
The ticker symbol for oil is NYSE crude oil in NYM is CL
What is the stock symbol for crude oil?
CL
Is crude oil a chemical?
Crude oil is a complex mixture of a great many different chemicals.
Crude oil symbol?
The symbol for crude oil is CL in U. S. dollar and cents per barrel. It is traded on the New York mercantile exchange.
What is the name of a factory where crude oil is made?
Crude oil is not "made". "Crude oil" is the name giving to the raw form of oil that is pumped from the ground.
what chemical in crude oil is more volatile oxygen carbon hydrogen or nitrogen?
Crude oil contain compounds of O, C, H, N and not chemical elements.
What type of oil are there?
there 1 type of oli and the name is crude oil there 1 type of oli and the name is crude oil
What is the role of chemistry in purifying crude oil in an oil refinery?
All the processes involved in the refining of crude oil are chemical processes; this is the field of petrochemistry.
Explain how the different chemical compounds in crude oil are separated?
Crude oil is distilled, producing different fractions at different temperatures.
What is the chemical symbol of cocoanut oil?
Coconut oil is not a pure substance so, it does not have any chemical formula or symbol.
What is another name for petroleum oil?
crude oil
