Cracking

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  • Created on: 24-11-18 14:42
Do we make something useful or not useful during fractional distillation of crude oil
We make more long chained less useful hydrocarbons and less small chained more useful hydrocarbons.
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An example of the Less useful things we make
We have excess fuel oil and lubricating oils, but not enough petrol
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What is cracking
It’s when we crack the longer chains into smaller hydrocarbons
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What does cracking need
Aluminium oxide catalyst at 650°
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What is formed during cracking
At least one alkene
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An example of the Less useful things we make

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We have excess fuel oil and lubricating oils, but not enough petrol

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What is cracking

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What does cracking need

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Card 5

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What is formed during cracking

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