A coastal refinery in Wales processes 840,000 tonnes of crude oil per year. During fractional distillation, 18% of this crude oil by mass is obtained as the kerosene (jet fuel) fraction.
Calculate the mass of kerosene produced per year by this refinery.
Give your answer to two significant figures.
130 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 9.1 Fuels, covering 9.1.1 Hydrocarbons and crude oil, 9.1.2 Fractional distillation of crude oil and its fractions, 9.1.3 The alkanes as a homologous series, 9.1.4 Complete and incomplete combustion, 9.1.5 Pollutants from burning fuels, 9.1.6 Hydrogen as a fuel and non-renewable fossil fuels, and 9.1.7 Cracking of larger alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.