thermal cracking

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006329",
  "term": "thermal cracking",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal-cracking includes gas oil, visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g., flexicoking).",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "refining",
    "heat treatment",
    "catalytic cracking",
    "pressure treatment",
    "hydrocarbons"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "craqueo térmico"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/thermal-cracking/"
}