Catalytic cracking
What Catalytic cracking means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Passes vaporised long-chain hydrocarbons over a hot catalyst, commonly a zeolite, at a high temperature, and the catalyst speeds up the breakdown.
Cracking done by heating the hydrocarbon with a catalyst.
Topics that use Catalytic cracking
- Cracking and alkenes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Addition reaction
- Alkane
- Alkenes
- Bromine water
- Cracking
- Cracking of hydrocarbons
- Fractional distillation
- Fuels and energy resources
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