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Write a short note on cracking.

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Cracking is a process in which a complex organic molecule or a long-chain hydrocarbon is broken down into smaller molecules or lower hydrocarbons by breaking of the carbon-carbon bonds in the complex organic molecules. The rate of cracking strongly depends on the temperature and also on the presence of catalyst.
It is also called as pyrolysis of hydrocarbon.

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