Chemistry In Context
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Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
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Chapter 5, Problem 15Q
During petroleum distillation, kerosene and hydrocarbons with 12–18 carbons used for diesel fuel condense at position C marked on this diagram.
- a. Separating hydrocarbons by distillation depends on differences in a specific physical property. Which one?
- b. How does the number of carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon molecules separated at A, B, and D compare with those separated at position C? Explain your reasoning,
- c. How do the uses of the hydrocarbons separated at A, B, and D differ from those separated at position C? Explain your reasoning.
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