cracking
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- noun
- /ˈkrækɪŋ/
- Specialized
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craqueo
- The TPS proprietary tar-cracking technology is fundamental to the goals of generating cool, clean fuel gas for the compressor while avoiding the production of significant quantities of noxious wastes.
- cracking passwords
Examples
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Propane is a byproduct of the oil refining/cracking process.
Blog text (13) -
The bitumen is cracked and the coke is combusted, while the short chain cracking products are produced.
Blog text (6) -
I grew up knowing that the famous Burton cracking process, the basis of modern refining, had been developed there.
Academic text (2005) -
In time, he would sell and pay down on a ranch-style house like all the ones building up this end of the county for men working in the gas cracking plant.
Fiction book (1998) -
The feed is preheated almost to the conditions for natural thermal cracking and then subjected to a jet of superheated steam.
Academic text (2002) -
Chang is leading a research team that is making a significant impact in improving the performance of fluid catalytic cracking risers, glass and aluminum furnaces, and diesel combustion by using computer simulation and industrial interactions.
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The cracking process in oil refining transforms large hydrocarbons into gasoline and other valuable products.
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During the refining process, key cracking techniques are essential to produce lighter hydrocarbons from heavier crude oil.
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Engineers studied different cracking methods to improve the efficiency of gasoline production in oil refineries.
Synonyms
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A process in which a substance is broken into simpler parts by chemicals or living things
A refining process that uses hydrogen and a catalyst to break heavy oil into lighter fuels like gasoline
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cracking in oil work comes from the verb crack, which means 'to split', so think of it like when you crack an egg: big parts are split into smaller parts to make fuels like gasoline.