Hydrocarbons: Fuel & Feedstock (OCR GCSE Chemistry A, Combined (Gateway Science Suite)): Quizzes
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What property is used to separate crude oil in fractional distillation?
What property is used to separate crude oil in fractional distillation?
Boiling points
What is crude oil?
What is crude oil?
A complex mixture of hydrocarbons
Why is crude oil not very useful in its raw state?
Why is crude oil not very useful in its raw state?
It contains hydrocarbons with varying properties
What are fractions in fractional distillation?
What are fractions in fractional distillation?
Simpler mixtures with similar chain lengths
Where is the fractionating column hottest?
Where is the fractionating column hottest?
At the bottom
Where do hydrocarbons with higher boiling points condense?
Where do hydrocarbons with higher boiling points condense?
Lower in the column
What happens to hydrocarbons with lower boiling points in the column?
What happens to hydrocarbons with lower boiling points in the column?
Continue to rise higher up
How does crude oil enter the fractionating column?
How does crude oil enter the fractionating column?
Heated and enters at the bottom
What are petrochemicals?
What are petrochemicals?
Substances we get from crude oil
Which is a product made from petrochemicals?
Which is a product made from petrochemicals?
Polymers