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a) The table below gives information about the major constituents of crude oil. Study it and answer the questions that follow.

a) The table below gives information about the major constituents of crude oil. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
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i) Which one of the constituents of crude oil has molecules with the highest number of carbon atoms? Explain
ii) Name the process you would use to separate a mixture of petrol and diesel and explain how the separation takes place
iii) Explain why the constituent of crude oil have a range of boiling point.

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John
i) Bitumen. It has the highest boiling point.

ii) Fractional distillation. During the distillation petrol would distil off at 175oC and
diesel would distil at 350oC.

iii) Each component is a mixture of hydrocarbons which have different boiling points

johnmulu answered the question on April 12, 2017 at 13:36

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