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The crude oil that’s pumped out of the ground by those giant oil pumps isn’t all that useful. How is that oil refined and turned into the fluid that powers your car?
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Sources:
Chemical And Physical Information:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp72-c3.pdf
“Gasoline is a refined product of petroleum consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, additives, and blending agents.”
Oil To Car:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/CEC-180-2008-003/CEC-180-2008-008/CEC-180-2008-008.PDF
“The most common method of obtaining crude oil is to extract it from wells in various locations around the world.”
The Refining Process:
https://www.afpm.org/The-Refinery-Process/
“Generally, crude petroleum is heated and changed into a gas. The hot gases are passed into the bottom of a distillation column and become cooler as they move up the height of the column.”
Where does gasoline come from?:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/gasoline2.htm
“Gasoline is made from crude oil. The crude oil pumped out of the ground is a black liquid called petroleum. This liquid contains hydrocarbons, and the carbon atoms in crude oil link together in chains of different lengths.”
Gasoline:
http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Fe-Ge/Gasoline.html
“In 1859 Edwin Drake and E. B. Bowditch of the Seneca Oil Company drilled the first commercial oil well in the United States in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The well produced about 400 gallons of crude oil, less than ten barrels a day.”
Gasoline: Fuel:
http://www.britannica.com/technology/gasoline-fuel
“Gasoline, also spelled gasolene, also called gas or petrol, mixture of volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines.”
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