Crude oil is a mixture of different hydrocarbons which can be used as fuels as well as the starting point to make a wide range of chemicals including dyes, food additives and medicine.

In this topic you need to know about the following: -

  • What hydrocarbons are.
  • How hydrocarbons are separated by fractional distillation.
  • How cracking is used ot make smaller hydrocarbons.
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