Fractional Distillation

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What is cracking?
Cracking allows large hydrocarbon molecules to be broken down into smaller, more useful hydrocarbon molecules.
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Name all 6 hydrocarbons from the lowest boiling point to the highest.
Refinery gases, Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel, Fuel Oil and Bitumen.
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What is an alkane?
Saturated hydrocarbon. A compound of hydrogen and carbon only, with no C=C bonds.
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What is an alkene?
Unsaturated hydrocarbon with a double bond between the carbon atoms.
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What is crude oil?
Mixture of hydrocarbons, mainly alkanes, formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient dead marine organisms.
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What is a hydrocarbon?
A compound that contains hydrogen and carbon only.
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What is an alkane?

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What is an alkene?

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What is crude oil?

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