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Cracking crude oil Flashcards

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What is cracking

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Cracking is the splitting up long chain hydrocarbons from Fractional distillation into smaller molecules

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What type of reaction is Cracking

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Thermal Decomposition

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What are the 2 types of products of cracking

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Alkanes

Alkenes

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What catalyst is used in cracking

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Aluminium oxide

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What do long chain- hydrocarbons make

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Useless thick gloopy liquids like tar

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What are the 2 useful products of Cracking

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Fuels

Ethene

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What is the use of fuels from cracking

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Petrol for cars

Paraffin for Jets

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What is Ethene used for

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Making plastics

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What does is the hydrocarbon split to make paraffin petrol and ethene

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Diesel

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