Question

The various components of petroleum products are separated by the fractional distillation method.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Understanding the concept:

• Petroleum products are items made from crude oil (petroleum) after it has been refined.
• These fuels include gasoline, fuel oil, diesel, and heavy fuel oils, or can be combined to make them.
• The extraction of a mixture into its constituent elements, or fractions, is known as fractional distillation.

Explanation:

• A combination of liquids is boiled in fractional distillation, and the resultant vapours travel up a glass tube called a "fractionating column" and separate.
• Fractional distillation, or the separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by distillation, often employing a fractionating column, is used to separate petroleum components.

Thus the various components of petroleum products are separated by the fractional distillation method is a true statement.