Cracking and Alkenes

• Hydrocrabons can be cracked to produce smaller, more useful molecules
• Cracking can be done by various methods including catalytic cracking and steam cracking
• The products of cracking include alkanves and alkenes
• There is a high demand for fuels with small molecules and so some of the products of cracking are used as fules
• Alkenes are used to produce polymers as starring materials for the production of many other chemicals