what are two industries use fractional distillation?

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what are two industries use fractional distillation?

2006-11-02 00:48:00 · 3 answers · asked by okiron 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Booze and fossil fuels. The alcoholic beverage people want the ethanol that results from fermentation but not most of the other products, some of which are toxic. Liquid fossil fuels are distilled into fractions such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel, jet fuel, etc. (In addition, catalytic "cracking" transforms the heavier petroleum molecules into lighter ones.)

2006-11-02 01:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

pharmaceutical, and other industrial chemists use fractional distillation all the time.

2006-11-02 02:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

thare are a lot of industries which is the gasoline and the mazot and the sulphur

2006-11-02 01:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by yousra_tahoun2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋