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Cracking Hydrocarbons Flashcards

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What is cracking?

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Breaking large molecules to smaller and more useful ones

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How is cracking done?

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Passed over a hot catyst/mixed with steam and heat it to a high tempurature

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Why is cracking done?

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Some of the heavier fractions from the fractional distillation are not in high demand

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