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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
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