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Fuels
Identify the fossil fuels, which include coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
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- Identify the fossil fuels, which include coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
- Recognize methane as the primary component of natural gas.
- Explain that hydrocarbons are compounds made up solely of hydrogen and carbon.
- Indicate that petroleum consists of a mixture of hydrocarbons.
- Explain the process of separating petroleum into useful fractions through fractional distillation.
- List the applications of the fractions obtained from petroleum, including: (a) refinery gas for heating and cooking, (b) gasoline for vehicles, (c) naphtha as a chemical feedstock, (d) diesel oil for diesel engines, and (e) bitumen for road construction.
- Describe how the characteristics of petroleum fractions vary from the bottom to the top of the fractionating column, focusing on: (a) shorter chain lengths and (b) lower boiling points.
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