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'''Crude oil''' can be [[Separating Mixtures|separated]] by [[Fractional Distillation|fractional distillation]] into different 'fractions' which have different applications:
*[[Natural Gas]]
*[[Liquid Petroleum Gas]]([[LPG]])
*[[Petrol]]
*[[Kerosine]]
| style="height:20px; width:350px; text-align:center;" |[[Fuel]] for heating homes and gas power stations.
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| style="height:20px; width:70px; text-align:center;" |[[Liquid Petroleum GasLPG]]
| style="height:20px; width:85px; text-align:center;" |3-4
| style="height:20px; width:85px; text-align:center;" |-42 to -1
| style="height:20px; width:85px; text-align:center;" |Not distilled.
| style="height:20px; width:350px; text-align:center;" |[[Tar]] for roads.
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''Fraction'''
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Natural Gas
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |LPG
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Petrol
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Kerosene
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Diesel
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Lubricating Oil
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Bitumen
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''Carbon Chain Length'''
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |1-2
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |3-4
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |5-10
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |10-16
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |14-20
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |20-50
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |70+
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Boiling Point]]'''
colspan="7"|[[File:ArrowBoilingPoint.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Viscosity]]'''
colspan="7"|[[File:ArrowViscosity.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Flammability]]'''
colspan="7"|[[File:ArrowFlammability.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Volatility]]'''
colspan="7"|[[File:ArrowVolatility.png|center|200px]]
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