Multiple choice

Name the process which is used to separate various constituents of petroleum.

  1. Oil refinery

  2. Distillation

  3. Petroleum refinery

  4. Refining
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Explanation

Oil refinery and petroleum refinery are the places where petroleum is separated into its constituents. Distillation is the process of separating a mixture of two miscible liquids having a boiling point difference more than 25 k. Crude oil is a mixture of many products having a difference of less than 25 k in the boiling points. Refining is the process by which petroleum is separated into its various constituents by fractional distillation.

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