MCQ
Petroleum is mainly a mixture of
  • Alkanes
  • B
    Cyclohexane
  • C
    Benzenoid hydrocarbons
  • D
    Alkenes

Answer

Correct option: A.
Alkanes
a
Petroleum is a mixture of a very large number of different hydrocarbons; the most commonly found molecules are alkanes (paraffins), cycloalkanes (naphthenes), aromatic hydrocarbons, or more complicated chemicals like asphaltenes.... They are the petroleum gases.

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