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Simran Choudhary Grade: 11

        





















Give the fractional distillation of Petroleum products?

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Petroleum is refined by fractional distillation. Further fractional distillation of its products gives a no. of refined products given below.

S.No.	Fraction	Boiling range	Comp.	Uses
1.	Gaseous hydrocarbon	Below 20^oC	C₁–C₄	Fuel for domestic use
2.	Petroleum ether	20–60^oC	C₅–C₆	Solvent
3.	Benzene	70–90^oC	C₆–C₇	Solvent
4.	Ligroin	80–120^oC	C₆–C₈	Solvent
5.	Gasoline	70–120^oC	C₆–C₁₁	Fuel for motors
6.	Kerosene	200–275^oC	C₁₂–C₁₆	For lightening stoves, fuel, oil gas
7.	Gas oil or Diesel oil or Heavy oil	275^oC to above	C₁₅–C₁₈	Diesel Engine oil, furnace oil
8.	Lubricant oil	Non volatile liquids	C₁₆–C₂₀	Lubricant
9.	Petroleum jellies	Non volatile liquids	C₁₈–C₂₂	Medicine preparation
10.	Parrafin wax	Non–volatile liquids	C₁₈–C₂₂	Wax industry
11.	Petroleum cake & asphalt	Non–volatile liquids	C₃₀–C₄₀	Carbon electrode, road manufacture