Question

name any three constituents of petroleum and write one use of each of them hey please anyone answer 100 points​

Answer 1

Answer:

Petroleum is a dark oily liquid. It has an unpleasant odour. It is a mixture of various constituents such as petroleum gas, petrol, diesel, lubricating oil, paraffin wax, etc. The process of separating the various constituents/ fractions of petroleum is known as refining

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Answer 2

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Various constituents of petroleum oil obtained during fractional distillation in oil refineries are:

• Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG): It is primarily used as domestic fuel. Now, it is also used as fuel in vehicles and industry because it is less polluting and easy to transport.
• Petrol: It is a black liquid used as fuel in light vehicles like scooters, cars, etc. It is also used as aviation fuel and for dry cleaning of fabrics.

• Kerosene: It is used as fuel in stoves, lamps and jet aircrafts.

• Diesel: It is used as fuel for heavy vehicles and electric generators.