Petroleum: Petroleum is an important fossil fuel. Petro means rock and oleum mean oil. So petroleum is also called rock oil. It is a thick viscous liquid of brown or greenish-black colour. It is produced by the decay of living organisms buried in the earth’s crust million years ago. Petroleum in unrefined form is called …
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Do you know !! How do you classify chemical compounds on the basis of source? Classification of Chemical compounds: There are two main classes of Chemical compounds. Organic compounds 2. Inorganic compounds They are classified on the basis of the source from which they were derived. Organic compounds: The compounds which were of plant or …
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Nomenclature of organic compounds: There are two systems of naming organic compounds. Common system or Trivial Names: In this system names are derived from source or their property or their structure etc. e.g Urea from urine (source), Citric acid from citrus plant (source).Glucose from the greek word meaning sweet (property, Valyric acid from Greek …
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