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Cracking
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thermal or catalytic decomposition of a compound such as a hydrocarbon into chemical species of smaller molecular weight
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Cracking is a chemical process that breaks down large hydrocarbon molecules (like those in crude oil) into smaller, more useful molecules by applying heat or using catalysts. It matters because it's a key step in refining petroleum to produce fuels like gasoline and other valuable chemicals.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- bond cleavage
- Image
- Cracking.gif
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- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
- partially coincident with
- thermal decomposition
- studied by
- organic chemistry
- different from
- software cracking
- Commons category
- Cracking (chemistry)
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