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What is the heaviest hydrocarbon fraction produced by fractional distillation?
The heaviest fractions of crude oil are used for tar and/or asphalt.
What is distillation used to separate?
distillation is used to separate solutions of different boiling points though often complete separation of solutions can't be achieve due to azotrops example - when separating water and ethanol the fluid with the highest boiling point is ~97% ethanol ~3% water due entropic considerations
What is a metal washer?
It is usually referring to a flat metal ring that is used in conjunction with a nut and bolt. It can be used to distribute force to avoid the bolt pulling through the metal or wood. It also can be used in spacing and as a crude friction easing device.
Does a lighter produce as much heat as a soldering iron?
No, lighter can produce 120 degree Celsius temperature where as soldering iron can produce 420 degree Celsius temperature. the soldering iron is used to join two metal wires.
What is a disadvantage of using conventional crude oil as an energy resource?
It's limited so it could only go more and more expensive. When used it release pollutants to air.
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.
How is fuel broken down into smaller more useful molecules such as gasoline petrol?
Crude oil is split into fractions using fractional distillation The crude oil is heated and separated based on boiling points. This process produces more Bitumen and other heavier fractions than lighter fractions such as diesel, naphtha and kerosene. To produce more fuel, catalytic cracking is used. In this process heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into lighter ones; For example hexane an alkane, it is converted in to butane and ethene. C6H14 -> C2H4 + C4H10
What is used to separate different fractions in crude oil?
Typically they are separated in a fractional distillation tower.
What is the method used to separate fractions of crude oil?
Fractional Distillation. Performed in a fractionating column. Heat is applied to the crude oil and it vaporises. Fractions with different boiling points rise to specific heights within the fractionating column, where they are condensed and extracted.
How is crude oil used?
It is refined into various fractions, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, heavy fuel oil
Is crude oil compound or mixture?
Crude oil is a mixture of compounds called hydrocarbons. Many useful materials can be produced from crude oil. It can be separated into different fractions using fractional distillation, and some of these can be used as fuels. Unfortunately, there are environmental consequences when fossil fuels such as crude oil and its products are used.
What is the name of the processes used to obtain fractions from crude oil?
there is only one process. that is fractionation. it can also be said fractional distillation.
What physical property is used to separate crude oil into fractions?
Difference in the boiling points among different byproducts of crude oil is used to separate out each component from a mixture. Fractional distillation is used to carry out this process. This method can also be used to purify water and acetone from a mixture.
What is fractional distillation uses?
Used to separate various fractions (parts) of crude oil eg gas, petrol, kerosene,diesel etc.It is also used in a distillery to separate alcohol from water
How is crude oil separated into different fractions?
you use fractional distillation! basically, all the different substances in crude oil have different boiling points, and the column which is used to do fractional distillation has stages with different temperatures. when the substance reaches its boiling point temperature in the column, it turns into liquid and settles there, away from other fuels.
Why is crude oil separated by fractional distillation?
Petroleum is a mixture of various useful constituents and cannot be used directly,so to use it we have to seperate petroleum by a method called fractional distillation of petroleum.
