catalytic cracker
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catalytic cracker

An oil refinery unit in which the cracking of petroleum takes place in the presence of a catalyst.

catalytic cracker

(Engineering / Chemical Engineering) a unit in an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are converted to fuels with lower boiling points by a catalytic process Often shortened to cat cracker

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catalytic cracker - a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst

cat cracker

chemical reactor - an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction

oil refinery, petroleum refinery - a refinery for petroleum

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catalytic cracker (redirected from Cracking (chemistry))

catalytic cracker
(redirected from Cracking (chemistry))