Steam cracking
What Steam cracking means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Mixes the hydrocarbon feedstock with steam and heats it strongly, without a catalyst.
Cracking done by heating the hydrocarbon to a high temperature with steam.
Topics that use Steam cracking
- Cracking and alkenes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Addition reaction
- Alkane
- Alkenes
- Bromine water
- Catalytic cracking
- Cracking
- Cracking of hydrocarbons
- Fractional distillation
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