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Chemical Technology
Organic Chemical Industries
GATE 2014
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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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