NEET 2010 Chemistry question

Liquid hydrocarbons can be converted to a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons by:

(1)Oxidation
(2)CrackingCorrect
(3)Distillation under reduced pressure
(4)Hydrolysis

Answer: (2)

Solution

Cracking (pyrolysis) is the thermal or catalytic decomposition of large, high-molecular-mass hydrocarbons into smaller molecules. Heavy liquid hydrocarbons are thus broken into a mixture of lower, gaseous hydrocarbons (such as methane, ethane, ethene, propene). Option (2) is

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