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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > technology > processing technology > refining > thermal cracking
Preferred Term:

thermal cracking

Definition:
A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal-cracking includes gas oil, visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g., flexicoking).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
refining
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/211109
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-02-27, last modified 2014-11-17