Multiple choice

The temperature up to which crude oil is heated before feeding to fractionating column near the base is ____________.

  1. 250°C

  2. 300°C

  3. 400°C

  4. 600°C
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In petroleum refining, crude oil is heated in a furnace to about 400 degrees Celsius before being fed into the base of a fractional distillation column to vaporize its components.

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