Pick out the wrong statement.
(A) Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking
(B) Pyrolysis is a mild thermal cracking process
(C) Lead susceptibility of petrol produced by catalytic process is more than
that produced by thermal cracking
(D) Operating pressure and temperature in thermal cracking process is more
than that in catalytic cracking process

1 Answer

Answer :

(A) Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking
(B) Pyrolysis is a mild thermal cracking process

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