Nishu Sharma
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Posted 5 year ago

What do we get when we perform fractional distillation of petroleum? Why is it needed?

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Mitesh Sharma
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Posted 5 year ago Mitesh Sharma

Petroleum can be separated into various types of fuel, by a process called refining, using fractional distillation. Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene are all products (or fractions) of the process of refining Petroleum. ... The Petroleum is heated up, and the gas produced enters the fractionating column.