Hydrocarbon

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A hydrocarbon is a compound containing hydrogen and carbon only.

Since crude oil is a mixture of different hydrocarbon compounds,

the different hydrocarbons will have different boiling points.

A sample of crude oil will therefore have a range of boiling points,

and the mixture can be separated by fractional distillation.