What oil is made at the bottom and at the top of a fractionating column?
Bitumen = bottom. LPG = top.
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Describe the process of fractional distillation.
Crude oil is heated at the bottom of the fractionating column. Liquid that doesn't boil sinks to the bottom. Other fractions boil and their gases rise up the column as it gets cooler towards the top. The lower the boiling point, the higher it rises.
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Card 2
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What is crude oil a mixture of?
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Hydrocarbons.
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What oil is made at the bottom and at the top of a fractionating column?
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