WASSCE Chemistry · Organic Chemistry & Applied
Petroleum and Petrochemicals
Fractional distillation of crude oil, fractions and their uses, and petrochemical products.
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Across the topic: 10 sections · 2 worked examples · 2 diagrams
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2 lessons · 16 min
- 1Petroleum: origin and fractional distillation8 minFree8 minFree
- 2Cracking, octane rating and petrochemicals8 min Plan8 min Plan
- Cracking
- Cracking in the laboratory
- Reforming, knocking and octane number
- Petrochemicals
- Pollution from petroleum
1 worked example · 1 diagram
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