Burton’s Thermal Cracking Process Improves Gasoline Production
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Inventors, Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Automobiles, Cars, Chemistry, Chemists, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1913
Article abstract: The development of the Burton process for cracking petroleum increased the gasoline yield from petroleum and stimulated the development of the petroleum industry.
Gasoline, Motor Vehicles, and Thermal Cracking
Gasoline is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons (chemicals made up of only hydrogen and carbon) that is used primarily as a fuel for internal combustion engines. It is produced by petroleum refineries that obtain it by processing petroleum (crude oil), a naturally occurring mixture of thousands of hydrocarbons, the molecules of which...
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