Wednesday 27 April 2016

5.8 recall the names and uses of the main fractions obtained from crude oil: refinery gases, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, fuel oil and bitumen

Refinery gases - used in pottery and glass manufacture, heating and bottled gas

Gasoline - used for fuel for cars (its petrol, in other words)

Naphtha - Used as a starting material of making things like plastics,dyes, drugs, explosives and paints (to name a few)

Kerosene - used to fuel jets, in heating and in paint solvents

Diesel - fuel for cars, trucks, trains and boats

Fuel oil - central heating and fuel for really big ships

Bitumen - used to surface roads

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