Unit 2- Cracking Flashcards
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What is cracking?
A
The industrial method of changing long chain hydrocarbons into a mixture of smaller more useful molecules some of which are unsaturated
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What is the problem with factional distillation?
A
The crude oil yields more long chain hydrocarbons than are useful for present day industrial purposes
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Q
What is the advantage of having a catalyst other than that it speeds up the rate of a reaction?
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It allow the reaction to take place at a lower temperature
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Where can cracking be carried out?
A
In a laboratory
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What catalysts are used in cracking?
A
Aluminium oxide or silicate catalyst
