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    Feb 22, 2010, 12:51 AM
    How is ethane extracted from crude oil?
    I am doing a project on Polyethylene which comes from ethane. I need to find out the ethane bit of it all.
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    Feb 22, 2010, 08:42 AM

    Polyethylene is made by polymerizing ethene. Ethane is a gas, while crude oil is a liquid. We usually separate them by fractional distillation.

    Ethene is easily obtained by steam cracking hydrocarbon molecules including ethane.
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