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Fractional Distillation of Petroleum| Refining of Crude oil – Organic Chemistry

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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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What are the Main Sources of Organic Compounds – Chemistry

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Do you know !!  Berzelius gave vital force theory in 1809 . According to ‘Vital Force Theory’ 1.Organic compounds are prepared only inside the bodies of living organisms by a super natural force called vital force. 2.It is impossible to synthesize organic compounds in laboratory. Rejection of Vital Force theory: In 1828, Friedrich Wohler (a …

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