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hydrocracking
noun
a modern, highly efficient petroleum cracking process designed to maximize the production of auto and jet fuels: under great pressure, but at a relatively low temperature, heavy hydrocarbons combine with hydrogen and solid catalysts to produce saturated light distillates, gasoline, etc.
Related Forms:
- hydrocrack transitive verb
- hydrocracker noun
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