From Atoms to Materials

crude oil furnace fractionating tower above 350 °C 70–170 °C 40–70 °C 170–250 °C 250–350 °C below 40 °C decreasing temperature kerosene fuel for aircraft petrol fuel for motor cars fuel oil fuel for ships and power stations naphtha raw material for producing town gas and plastics bitumen material for covering roads and roofs liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) •  fuel for taxis and minibuses • domestic fuel Fig. 13.34 Major uses of crude oil fractions diesel fuel for buses and trucks wax raw materials for making candles lubricating oil lubricant for machines 88 © United Prime Educational Publishing (HK) Limited 2024 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Sample