Fractional distillation and petrochemicals

• what do we call the many hydrocarbons in crude oil

  fractions
• how can the hydrocarbons in crude oil be separated out?

  fractional distillation
• the hydrocarbons can be processed to produce


  fuels and feedstock
• 3 examples of useful materials produced by the petrochemical industry

  solvents, lubricants, polymers, detergents
• how would you describe the boiling point, the viscosity and the flammability of a very large alkane molecule

  high boiling point, high viscosity, low flammability