Tag: petrochemicals and polymers

Petrol is a very important product obtained from crude oil after distillation. Petrol is used as measure source of fuel in vehicles, its other name is gasoline.

LPG, butane , petrol, jet fuel, Kerosene, fuel oil, diesel are common fractions of petroleum used as a fuel.

Liquefied petroleum gas is called as light distillate product because it contains less quantity of carbon and hydrogen. Hence it is light.

Paraffin wax is used for making shoe polish.

Petroleum by-products are :
LPG, gasoline, Naptha, fuel oil, paraffin wax, candle wax, lubricants etc.

But Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long-chain alcohols

The constituents of crude oil have a very less difference in their boiling point so they are separated by fractional distillation process.

Among the halogens, fluorine and chlorine are gases at room temperature, bromine is a liquid, and iodine exists as a solid. Therefore, iodine is the correct choice for a solid halogen at room temperature.

Cracking is the process of breaking down large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller ones by heating them in the absence of air.

Cracking is the industrial process used to convert heavy (liquid) hydrocarbons into lighter, more useful gaseous hydrocarbons.