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What Is Crude Oil's Chemical Formula?  Reference.com
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9 hours ago The chemical formula for crude oil is CnH2n+2, where n is a positive integer. Crude oil is basically a combination of various hydrocarbon molecules, which comprise of hydrogen, H and carbon, C atoms. Among the types of hydrocarbons present in crude oil, alkanes are predominant. Examples of such alkanes are ethane (C 2 H 6 ), butane (C 4 H 10

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Chemical Constitution of Crude Oil  FSC 432: Petroleum
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5 hours ago Chemical Constitution of Crude Oil. Crude oil contains organic compounds, heteroatom compounds (S,N,O), hydrocarbons (C, H), metals and organic (Ni, V, Fe) and inorganic (Na +, Ca ++, Cl-) compounds as listed in Figure 1.7.Compounds that contain only elements of carbon and hydrogen are called hydrocarbons and constitute the largest group of organic compounds …

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Chemical Compisition of Crude Oil and Average and Range of
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4 hours ago which crude oils are compared and described. The formula for computing oAPI is oAPI = [( 141.5 + specific gravity at 60o F) - 131.5] For Light Oils this value ranges from 25-35 and for Heavy Oils it is below 25 S% is the Sulfur percent. Crude oils are classified as

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CRUDE OIL, PETROLEUM, [COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID LABEL]  …
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6 hours ago Reactivity Profile. Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, the major components of CRUDE OIL, are incompatible with strong oxidizing agents such as nitric acid. Charring may occur followed by ignition of the material and nearby combustibles. In other settings, mostly unreactive. Not affected by aqueous solutions of acids, alkalis, most oxidizing

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Re: What is the chemical formula for crude oil/petroleum
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4 hours ago Crude oil does not have a simple chemical formula. Don't despair entirely, though - there are some ways to classify the chemical compounds present in petroleum, and this will allow us to make some general statements about crude oil's properties. We'll get to that in a minute - first, let's talk a little bit about crude oil.

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Chemical & Physical Properties of Crude Oil
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7 hours ago Characteristics of Crude Oil •The hydrocarbons in crude oil can generally be divided into four categories: •Paraffins: These can make up 15 to 60% of crude. •Paraffins are the desired content in crude and what are used to make fuels. •The shorter the paraffins are, the lighter the crude is. •Napthenes: These can make up 30 to 60% of

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Crude Oil  How Oil Refining Works  HowStuffWorks
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2 hours ago ­Crude oil is the term for "unprocessed" oil, the stuff that comes out of the ground. It is also known as petroleum.Crude oil is a fossil fuel, meaning that it was made natural­ly from decaying plants and animals living in ancient seas millions of years ago -- most places you can find crude oil were once sea beds.Crude oils vary in color, from clear to tar-black, and in viscosity, from water

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What Is the Chemical Formula for Gasoline?
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6 hours ago Gasoline, a refined product of crude oil, does not have a single chemical formula as it is a mixture of over 500 hydrocarbons and other compounds. These hydrocarbons typically have five to 12 carbon atoms per chain. Gasoline contains between 30 and 50 percent heptane and isooctane, which feature seven and eight carbon atoms, respectively.

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4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION
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Just Now 4.1 CHEMICAL IDENTITY Information regarding the chemical identities of JP-5, JP-8, and Jet A fuels is located in Table 4-1. Nearly all jet fuel is made from kerosene derived from petroleum; however, a small percentage is made from oil sands (Chevron 2006). Kerosene is manufactured from the distillation of crude oil at

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What is the chemical formula of petrol? – The Quotient for
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6 hours ago Because Petrol is not a single compound. It is mixture of different compounds. Petrol/ Gasoline is separated from crude oil by fractional distillation unit operation. Well, there is no specific formula of petrol/ gasoline itself. Composition of Petrol: Hydrocarbons atoms from 4 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule, called C4-C12. It is mixture of paraffins (Alkanes),…

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What are the hydrocarbons in crude oil? – Ulmerstudios
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8 hours ago What is crude oil chemical formula? The major classes of hydrocarbons in crude oils include: Paraffins general formula: CnH2n+2 (n is a whole number, usually from 1 to 20) straight- or branched-chain molecules can be gasses or liquids at room temperature depending upon the molecule examples: methane, ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, pentane

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1. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON …
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8 hours ago The chemical composition of crude oils from different producing regions, and even from within a particular formation, can vary tremendously. Crude oils contain thousands of different chemical compounds owing to processes dur ing petroleum formation resulting in "molecular scrambling.

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4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION
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9 hours ago Synonym(s) Crude coal tar, pixalbol, tar HSDB 2000 Registered trade name(s) Psorigel, Clinitar Merck 1989 Chemical formula Not applicable Chemical structurea Not applicable Identification numbers: CAS registry 8007-45-2 HSDB 2000 NIOSH RTECS No data EPA hazardous waste No data OHM/TADS No data DOT/UN/NA/IMCO UN 1999; IMO 3.2/3.3 HSDB 2000 HSDB

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What is the chemical equation for crude oil?  Answers
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9 hours ago What is chemical formula of crude oil? Crude oil is a mixture and not a compound, therefore it does not have a chemical formula. …

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Composition  Light Oil  Petroleum
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2 hours ago Remember that API is inversely related to density, so the greater the API, the lighter the oil. Light crude is found through-out the world, but three benchmarks are commonly referenced and tend to set the standard in terms of price. They are West Texas Intermediate (API 39.6), Brent Crude (API 38.06), and Dubai Crude (API 31.0).

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What is chemical formula of crude oil?  Answers
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3 hours ago Crude oil is a mixture and not a compound, therefore it does not have a chemical formula. Only compounds have chemical formulas.

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What chemical elements make up crude oil?

  • Alkanes make up an average of 30% of a barrel of oil, but the range is anywhere from 15% to 60%.
  • Naphthenes make up about 49% of a barrel of oil, but the range is anywhere from 30% to 60%.
  • Aromatics constitute an average of 15% of a barrel of oil, but composition can range anywhere from 3% to 30%

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What is the chemical makeup of crude oil?

  • Carbon - 83 to 87%
  • Hydrogen - 10 to 14%
  • Nitrogen - 0.1 to 2%
  • Oxygen - 0.05 to 1.5%
  • Sulfur - 0.05 to 6.0%
  • Metals - < 0.1%

What is the chemical composition of crude oil?

Composition and Classification of Crude Oils Crude oil is a complex liquid mixture made up of a vast number of hydrocarbon compounds that consist mainly of carbon and hydrogen in differing proportions. In addition, small amounts of organic compounds containing sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen and metals such as

How is crude oil separated into several types of chemicals?

The main process for separating the hydrocarbon components of crude oil is fractional distillation. Crude oil fractions separated by distillation are passed on for subsequent processing into numerous products, ranging from gasoline and diesel fuel to heating oil to asphalt.

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