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Crude oil as a resource

Crude oil as a resource

Crude oil is a thick, dark mixture of many hydrocarbons. A hydrocarbon is a compound containing carbon and hydrogen atoms only, and most hydrocarbons in crude oil are alkanes.

6.2.1 Crude oil and fractional distillation Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /6.2.1 Crude oil and fractional distillation

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE Chemistry 6.2.1 Crude oil and fractional distillation. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Nail the core quantitative topics — moles, balancing equations and calculations — early on, since they underpin higher-tier questions across every paper and topic.

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