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'''Fluid catalytic cracking''' is a | '''Fluid catalytic cracking''' is a petroleum refining process that cracks the large hydrocarbon molecules in the portion of the petroleum crude oil boiling above 340 °C into lower boiling, more valuable high octane gasoline and olefinic gases. | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 9 May 2008
Fluid catalytic cracking is a petroleum refining process that cracks the large hydrocarbon molecules in the portion of the petroleum crude oil boiling above 340 °C into lower boiling, more valuable high octane gasoline and olefinic gases.