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Noun Concept
Categories: Pyrolysis, Oil refining, Russian inventions, Organic reactions, Chemical processes
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cracking  catalytic hydrocracking  chemical cracking  Crack  cracking of chemicals
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The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) WordNet 3.0
English:
chemistry
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The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In petrochemistry, petroleum geology and organic chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or long-chain hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon-carbon bonds in the precursors. Wikipedia
The process whereby complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler molecules Wikipedia Disambiguation
The decomposition of complex organic molecules into smaller ones Wikipedia Disambiguation
Thermal or catalytic decomposition of a compound such as a hydrocarbon into chemical species of smaller molecular weight Wikidata
IS A
chemical process
industrial process
decomposition
cleavage
HAS KIND
hydrocracking
steam cracking
fluid catalytic cracking
DERIVATION
crack
crack
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
thermal decomposition
STUDIED BY
organic chemistry
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cracking
Wikipedia
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cracking (chemistry)
Wikidata
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cracking
Wikipedia Redirections
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catalytic hydrocracking, Chemical cracking, Crack (chemistry), Cracking of hydrocarbons, Cracking of petroleum, FCCU, hydrocarbon cracking, hydrocracker, Hydrogen catalytic cracking, petroleum cracking, Pyrolytic Cracking, steam crackers, steam cracking, thermal cracking, Unicracking
Wikidata Alias
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chemical cracking, cracking of chemicals, cracking of hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon cracking

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