Hydrocarbons/Related Articles

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Chemical engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products ^[e]
Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. ^[e]

Petrochemicals [r]: Chemical products made from the hydrocarbons present in raw natural gas and petroleum crude oil. ^[e]
Organic chemistry [r]: The scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of chemical compounds of carbon and hydrogen, which may contain any number of other elements. ^[e]

Asphalt (petroleum) [r]: A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most petroleum crude oils and in some natural deposits. ^[e]
BTX [r]: The acronym commonly used in the petroleum and petrochemical industries to refer to mixtures of the aromatic hydrocarbons benzene, toluene, and the three xylene isomers. ^[e]
Gasoline [r]: A fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines derived from petroleum crude oil. ^[e]
List of organic compounds [r]: Add brief definition or description
Natural gas [r]: A gas consisting primarily of methane (CH₄) which is found as raw natural gas in underground reservoirs, as gas associated with underground reservoirs of petroleum crude oil, as undersea methane hydrates and as coalbed methane in underground coal mines. ^[e]
Natural gas processing [r]: Industrial facilities that process raw natural gas to remove contaminants as well as to separate out and recover by product natural gas liquids. ^[e]
Petrochemicals [r]: Chemical products made from the hydrocarbons present in raw natural gas and petroleum crude oil. ^[e]
Petroleum [r]: Add brief definition or description
Petroleum refining processes [r]: The chemical engineering processes used in petroleum refining. ^[e]