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Question
What is known as destructive distillation? Write about the products obtained from fractional distillation of petroleum.
Solution
Coal when heated in the absence of air does not bum but produces many by-products. This process of heating coal in the absence of air is called destructive distillation of coal.
Products obtained from petroleum:
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas or LPG
- Diesel and petrol
- Kerosene
- Lubricating oil
- Paraffin
- Bitumen or asphalt
- Refinery Gas
- Naphtha
- Fuel Oil
- Chemicals
- Jet fuel
- Waxes
- Polishes
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