Combined Science GCSE
Evaporation and condensation
What Evaporation and condensation means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Evaporation and condensation
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Crude oil is heated until most of it evaporates, and a hydrocarbon condenses when the temperature falls below its boiling point.
Topics that use Evaporation and condensation
- Fractional distillation and petrochemicals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cracking and alkenes
- Crude oil
- Fraction
- Fractional distillation
- Homologous series
- Hydrocarbons
- Industrial uses of crude oil fractions
- Natural carbon compounds
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