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Crude Oil is a ___ resource (hint: f___)
finite
How is crude oil made
Remains of an ancient biomass consisting mainly of plankton, buried in mud
What is Crude Oil made of?
Mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, mostly alkanes.
Hydrocarbon
Compound made of ONLY carbon and hydrogen.
What are the four first alkane hydrocarbons? (hint: MEPB)
Methane (1 Carbon)
Ethane (2 Carbons)
Propane (3 Carbons)
Butane (4 Carbons)
Fractional Distillation of crude oil
Oil heated in fractionating column → oil evaporates
rises up the column → where various fractions are constantly tapped off at different levels
oil condenses due to lower temperature going up the column
fractions can be processed