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Thermal cracking

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002278

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).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002278
FieldEnergy
SubjectPetroleum
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002278",
  "term": "Thermal cracking",
  "field": "Energy",
  "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": "Petroleum",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/thermal-cracking/"
}

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