Cracking

Question 1

Describe the cracking of liquid paraffin in the laboratory

Answer 1

The liquid of paraffin on mineral wool, in a test tube is heated.
It is the broken down into porous pot, by heat, then goes through the delivery tube.

Question 2

What does cracking involve?

Answer 2

The breaking down of larger saturated hydrocarbon molecules (alkanes) into smaller, more useful ones, some of which are unsaturated (alkenes)