LOOP CARDS
Learning Experience 1.6
What is crude oil?
Petroleum Gas
(LPG)
What is inside a
distillation column?
Gasoline
Vapour
Longer
hydrocarbons
Where are
fractionating
towers located?
Trays
Do longer or
shorter
hydrocarbons have
high boiling
points?
A hydrocarbon
What fraction of
crude oil is used to
form petrol for our
cars?
What form is crude
oil in when it enters
the fractionating
tower?
A mixture of
hydrocarbons
Top
This fraction of
crude oil comes
out of the top of
the fractionating
tower due to its
low boiling point
What is a chemical
composed only of
hydrogen and
carbon called?
Hydrocarbons that
are similar length
have similar what?
Eight
What is oil that
hasn’t been refined
called?
Naphtha
What is the
process used to
separate crude oil
into fractions
called?
Residue
The longer the
hydrocarbon the
less easily it flows
or the more what is
it?
Kerosene
Fractional
Distillation
The liquids that fall
to the bottom of
the fractionating
tower are known
as what?
Crude oil
What fraction of oil
is used in aviation
fuel for large
aeroplanes?
Boiling Points
What is the very
light fraction of oil
used as a raw
material for
plastics called?
Oil Refineries
How many carbon
atoms are typically
present in a the
hydrocarbon chain
of gasoline?
Bitumen
Does gasoline
come off near the
top or the bottom
of the fractionating
tower?
250°C to 360°C
What is the boiling
range of gas oil?
What is the name
of the residue of oil
refining that is
used to surface
roads called?
Bottom
Viscous
Does gas oil come
off near the top or
the bottom of the
fractionating
tower?
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