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HYDROCARBONS AND CRUDE OIL
CONTENT
- Hydrocarbon and its Main Classes
- Crude Oil and Natural Gas
- Refining of Crude Oil
- Fractional Distillation of Oil
- Cracking and Reforming of Petroleum Fractions
- Octane Number or Rating
- The Importance of Crude Oil and Petrochemicals
Hydrocarbon and its Main Classes
Hydrocarbons, as the name implies, are compounds of only two elements; hydrogen and carbon. There are many such organic compounds.
Hydrocarbons are usually classified into two main groups namely, saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.
- Saturated hydrocarbons (Alkanes). The alkanes have the general molecular formula CnH2n+2. . Members of this group include Methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, butane, C4H10. The structure of butane is given below.
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons (Alkenes and alkynes). The alkenes have the general formula is CnH2n.
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