1. Crude Oil
-Crude oil: the term for “unprocessed” oil, the stuff that comes out of the ground. It is also known as petroleum. Crude oil is a fossil fuel, meaning that it was made naturally from decaying plants and animals living in ancient seas millions of years ago anywhere you find crude oil was once [...]
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The various components of crude oil have different sizes, weights and boiling temperatures so the first step is to separate these components. Because they have different boiling temperatures, they can be separated easily by a process called fractional distillation. The steps of fractional distillation are as follows:
1. You heat the mixture of two or more [...]
