Chemical Technology
Organic Chemical Industries
GATE 2014
Easy
Catalytic cracking is
- Aa hydrogen addition process
- a carbon rejection process
- Can exothermic process
- Da coking process
Explanation
Catalytic cracking breaks large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller, more hydrogen-rich fragments (like gasoline), rejecting the excess carbon as coke deposited on the catalyst — hence it's classified as a carbon-rejection process (as opposed to hydrocracking, which is a hydrogen-addition process). It is also endothermic overall, not exothermic.
Source: GATE CH 2014 (2014)
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