Crude oil and petrochemicals

JAMB Chemistry Revision Notes

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The origin and composition of crude oil and natural gas, fractional distillation and the main fractions, cracking and reforming, octane and cetane numbers, petrochemicals, and Nigeria's oil industry and its impacts.

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  1. Crude oil and natural gas
  2. Fractional distillation
  3. Cracking and reforming
  4. Octane and cetane numbers
  5. Petrochemicals
  6. Nigeria and the environment

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