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It is widely used to convert the high-boiling, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of crude oil to more valuable liquid petroleum gasoline and other products.Answers.com
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What is the term given to breaking of long hydrocarbon chains?
cracking (and when done with a catalyst, it's called catalytic cracking)
What is difference between thermal and catalytic cracking?
Thermal CRacking is caused by heat while catalytic cracking is not caused by heat
What are the advantages of thermal cracking over catalytic cracking?
Carbonium ion process
What are the advantages of catalytic cracking over thermal cracking?
Carbonium ion process
What is an example of catalytic cracking?
"Cat cracking" is the process used to break crude oil down into gasoline, kerosene, adn fuel oils.
How do you make bio-kerosene?
bio kerosine is made from the catalytic cracking of bio diesel
How do you make bio kerosene?
bio kerosine is made from the catalytic cracking of bio diesel
Cracking long-chained hydrocarbons produces what two things?
Cracking long-chained hydrocarbons produces two things which include alkenes and alkanes(shorter chains), including hydrogen through catalytic cracking.
What does FCC means in distillation?
Fluid catalytic cracking. It is a conversion process used in petroleum refineries.
What is cracking and what chemicals does it produce?
Catalytic cracking is the process of reacting a heated hydrocarbon with a catalyst such as iron or platinum to produce two or more lighter hydrocarbons with smaller carbon chains.
What has the author J S Magee written?
J. S. Magee has written: 'Petroleum catalysis in nontechnical language' -- subject(s): Catalytic cracking
How do you install a catalytic converter?
My advice it to have this done at a muffler shop.
