The method of converting high boiling hydrocarbon into low boiling hydrocarbon is known as

Pyrolysis

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Isomerisation

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Cracking

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Inversion

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The correct option is B
Isomerisation

n-alkanes on heating to $300^{0} C$ in presence of $A l C l_{3} / H C l$ isomerise to give branched chain alkanes (having lower boiling point than normal chain alkanes). This process is known as isomerization.

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