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Question
What is known as destructive distillation? Write about the products obtained from fractional distillation of petroleum.
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Solution
Coal when heated in the absence of air does not bum but produces many by-products. This process of heating coal in the absence of air is called destructive distillation of coal.
Products obtained from petroleum:
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas or LPG
- Diesel and petrol
- Kerosene
- Lubricating oil
- Paraffin
- Bitumen or asphalt
- Refinery Gas
- Naphtha
- Fuel Oil
- Chemicals
- Jet fuel
- Waxes
- Polishes
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