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Boiling Point and Vapourization

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Crude Oil or petroleum has petrochemicals (hydrocarbons) that have different boiling points.

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Crude oil or petroleum has components like petrol, diesel, kerosene, etc. These products have different boiling points which are useful in separating them through fractional distillation.

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