Petroleum products, refinery gases

Uses

Source of raw material for petrochemicals, high-octane gasoline, and organic synthesis of alco- hols.

Definition

A mixture of hydrocarbon gases (and often some sulfur compounds) produced in large-scale cracking and refining of petroleum. The usual components are hydrogen, methane, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes, ethylene, propylene, butenes, pentenes, and small