Key term for OCR GCSE Chemistry B, used in Crude oil and hydrocarbons.
A method of cracking where hydrocarbon vapour is passed over a hot, powdered catalyst (such as aluminium oxide) at temperatures between 450°C and 600°C.
Catalytic cracking appears in OCR GCSE Chemistry B revision content for Chemicals of the natural environment, especially Crude oil and hydrocarbons and Cracking.
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