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fractional distillation is usually use to separate the constituents of crude oil, into petroleum, jet fuel, asphalt, kerosene, and others. Most oil based products are separated by fractional distillation.

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How are the products of fractional distillation beneficial to the people living in Britain?

Whisky is produced by distillation.


Why is fractional distillation so useful in the oil?

Fractional distillation is used to obtain diesel fuel, kerosene, gasoline and many others useful products.


In what situation would you use fractional distillation over simple distillation?

You would use simple distillation when the two products you are trying to separate have large difference in boiling points. Fractional distillation is needed when the two products have very close boiling points (like Hexane and toluene). In petroleum refining, the word "fractionation", not "fractional distillation" is used, often interchangeably with "distillation". When we have a crude mixture of different compounds which have very minor difference in their boiling points and cannot be separated simple distillation, then fractional distillation is used. Differenciation of components of petroleum is done by this process


What is the process used to separate petroleum into useful products?

It is called fractional distillation.


Why do oil companies spend lots of money on fractional distillation?

By fractional distillation dozens of very useful products are obtained including Diesel, oil, greases, paraffin, etc.


How fractional distillation is used?

Fractional distillation is used to separe the components of a liquid.


Why electrolysis can be separate by fractional distillation?

Electrolysis is a process, fractional distillation another.


Why does petrol stay as a mixture after fractional distillation?

After fractional distillation petrol is not a mixture.


Why is the fractional distillation of crude oil described as a continuous process?

This is because products are released continuously.


Fractional distillation of crude oil?

Fractional distillation is a process used to separate crude oil into different components based on their boiling points. The crude oil is heated in a fractional distillation column, and as the temperature increases, the different hydrocarbons vaporize and condense at different heights in the column. The condensed fractions are collected at different levels and can be further refined into products such as gasoline, diesel, and other fuels.


What is the advantage of simple distillation to fractional distillation?

Whether it is better to use fractional or simple distillation depends on the liquids being separated and on the boiling points of the liquids. When there is a great difference between the boiling points of the liquids, simple distillation may be a better option. Likewise, if there is a small difference in boiling points, then fractional distillation is used.


Why the crude oil has to be heated in the fractional distillation?

When crude oil is processed in the fractional distillation column it separates out different by products on the basis of their boiling points. Most of the by- products of the crude oil have a large difference in their boiling points so method of fractional distillation is viable in such a process. Fractional distillation can also be done to separate out water and acetone from a solution.