Hydrocracking

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the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Hydrocrackings
possessive: Hydrocracking's
pluralpossessive: Hydrocrackings'

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