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  2. Cracking (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The rate of cracking and the end products are strongly dependent on the temperature and presence of catalysts. Cracking is the breakdown of large hydrocarbons into smaller, more useful alkanes and alkenes. Simply put, hydrocarbon cracking is the process of breaking long-chain hydrocarbons into short ones. This process requires high temperatures ...

  3. Hydrogen embrittlement - Wikipedia

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    Internal pressure: At high hydrogen concentrations, absorbed hydrogen species recombine in voids to form hydrogen molecules (H 2), creating pressure from within the metal. This pressure can increase to levels where cracks form, commonly designated hydrogen-induced cracking ( HIC ), as well as blisters forming on the specimen surface, designated ...

  4. Fracking - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic fracturing [a] is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents) into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum ...

  5. Fluid catalytic cracking - Wikipedia

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    Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in petroleum refineries to convert the high-boiling point, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum (crude oils) into gasoline, alkene gases, and other petroleum products.

  6. Steam cracking - Wikipedia

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    Steam cracking is a petrochemical process in which saturated hydrocarbons are broken down into smaller, often unsaturated, hydrocarbons. It is the principal industrial method for producing the lighter alkenes (or commonly olefins ), including ethene (or ethylene ) and propene (or propylene ).

  7. Sulfide stress cracking - Wikipedia

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    At high temperature and high hydrogen partial pressure, hydrogen can diffuse into carbon steel alloys. In susceptible alloys, hydrogen combines with carbon within the alloy and forms methane. The methane molecules create a pressure buildup in the metal lattice voids, which leads to embrittlement and even cracking of the metal.

  8. How to Stop Cracking Under Pressure - AOL

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    Maybe you're about to give a Best Man toast. Or have a final round interview. Or are taking a half-court shot to win a car. Whichever it is, you don't want to choke—use these tips and you won't.

  9. Catagenesis (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Establishing the precise relationship between burial time and hydrocarbon cracking. Determining how hydrogen from water is ultimately incorporated in kerogen. Establishing the effect of regional shearing. Determining how static fluid pressure affects hydrocarbon generation.