Please use complete sentences. Failure to do so will result in 5 point deduction.
1. Besides separating Cherry Coke, what is distillation used for?
2. What is crude oil comprised of?
3. Do fractional distillations separate each component in crude oil? If not, what does it produce?
4. What occurs when a mixture is refined?
5. What is a fraction?
6. During distillation, which molecules vaporize first?
7. Where are the molecules with the higher boiling points located in the fractionating tower?
8. Why do you think that they heat the crude oil before putting it into the distilling column?
9. Describe what happens to the crude oil in the distilling column.
10. Name three common petroleum distillation fractions.
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Amanda Noland