In this video, Fran Scott explains fractional distillation - the separation of crude oil into fractions. Crude oil is a finite resource; petrol and other fuels are produced from it using fractional ...

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Natural water contains minute concentrations of ‘heavy’ oxygen and hydrogen. Water enriched in these heavy isotopes is critical for a range of specific applications in medicine and nuclear science, ...