The longest hydrocarbons have very high boiling points. They leave the column as a hot liquid called bitumen. Shorter hydrocarbon molecules have weaker intermolecular forces and lower boiling points.

Hence the name of the technique — “fractional distillation.” The smaller ... filling the upper part of the storage tank with a dangerous mixture of hydrocarbon gases. Given the right conditions, this ...

Crude oil is a finite resource; petrol and other fuels are produced from it using fractional distillation. ‘Cracking’ is used to convert long alkanes into shorter, more useful hydrocarbons.

THIS book is a new and amplified edition of the author's well-known treatise on “Fractional Distillation,” first published in 1903. Prof. Sydney Young is an acknowledged authority on the ...

The process of fractional distillation in refining crude oil into gasoline is detailed, highlighting the importance of boiling points of different hydrocarbons. The film also relates these ...