JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Hydrocarbons JEE Main

Petroleum refining refers to

(A)Obtaining aromatic compounds from aliphatic compounds in petroleum
(B)Cracking petroleum to obtain gaseous hydrocarbons
(C)Purification of petroleum
(D)Distillation of petroleum to obtain its different fractionsCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

"Refining" in its most basic sense refers to the fractional distillation of crude

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