Question

What are petrochemicals??why are they important??​

Answer 1

Answer:

Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources such as maize, palm fruit or sugar cane.

Explanation:

Petrochemicals are obtained from fractional distillation i.e. when the crude oil is heated, different types of chemicals like LPG, KEROSENE,PETROL, DIESEL,LUBRICANTS etc are obtained at different temperatures.

These petrochemicals are used in the manufacturing of different types of things like :-

Rubber,cosmetics,wax candles, lubricating oils, gasoline, Vaseline,tar,etc.

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Answer 2

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• Petrochemicals can be defined as a large group of chemicals derived from natural gas and petroleum and further used for a variety of chemical purposes, which are extremely important in modern civilization.

• They are important because they are used to manufacture large number of useful material such as detergents, synthetic fibres, plastics, synthetic rubber, drugs, dyes, perfumes, fertilisers, insecticides etc. Hydrogen gas is obtained as a petrochemical from natural gas.It is used in the manufacture of fertilisers.