3.3.2.1 Fractional Distillation

what are alkanes

saturated hydrocarbons

what does saturated mean

single carbon-carbon bonds

what are hydrocarbons

something containing hydrogens and carbons

what is petroleum

crude oil

what is crude oil

a mixture of mainly alkanes

how can you seperate crude oil into fractions

fractional distillation

define fractional distillation

continual evaporation and condensation of a mixture, causing separation of components due to different boiling points

what is the temperature gradient of a fractionating column

top is cooler than the bottom

what is the correlation between size and boiling point

smaller hydrocarbons have lower boiling points

what boiling points do molecules at the top have

lower boiling points