CH-540
Crude oil and fractional distillation
Chemistry · Secondary 3 · Medium · Crude oil and fractional distillation
In a fractionating column, the temperature is about 350 °C at the bottom, 120 °C in the middle and 40 °C at the top. Hydrocarbon X boils at 70 °C. Where will X mainly condense in the column during fractional distillation of crude oil?
- At the bottom, where the temperature is 350 °C
- In the middle, where the temperature is 120 °C
- Near the top, where the temperature is around 40 °C
- It does not condense and leaves the column as gas
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