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Describe two methods in which the pentane can be prepared.

Describe two methods in which the pentane can be prepared.

Grade:12

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Arun
25750 Points
4 years ago
The easiest and cheapest way to get pentane is to distil it out of the light hydrocarbons that come out of the ground with oil. A huge mixture of hydrocarbons come out of the ground where they have been built up under heat and pressure on trees & shrubs (and a few dinosaurs) for many millions of years. Boil a pot of them and run the vapor up through a tall fractionation tower as vapor to separate by increasing boiling point. “Fractional distillation”. The small molecules come off first: Methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane. What does that mean?
 
Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago

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