Catalytic cracking
What Catalytic cracking means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Hydrocarbon vapour is passed over a hot catalyst, commonly a zeolite, at a high temperature, and the catalyst allows reaction at a lower temperature than steam cracking.
A method that passes vaporised hydrocarbons over a hot catalyst.
Topics that use Catalytic cracking
- Cracking and alkenes (AQA GCSE)
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