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In fractional distelation of petroleum why the petroleum will not burn while heating

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Petroleum is a mixture of several hydrocarbons. It also contains water, salt and rocky materials. It cannot be used in this made form either as a fuel or a basic material to produce other useful components. Before being put to use, it has to be purified or refined. The process of separating the various components of petroleum from one another is known as the refining of petroleum. This is done by a process called fractional distillation which is based on the fact that the different components of petroleum have distinctly different boiling points.In fractional distillation, crude petroleum is heated to a temperature of ,4U0°C or slightly above in a furnace.

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