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Part 6: This Petrochemical World
Refining processes, distillation, cracking and reforming; the huge reliance on petrochemicals not only for fuels but also for a multitude of compounds from plastics to insecticides; an introduction to oil, its origins and products, and octane numbers; the problems of the scale of use, "Silent Spring" and plastic pollution; and chemistry as it faces environmental and ethical considerations.Release
2002
Minutes
15
Grade Level
I-S
Format
DVD
Refining processes, distillation, cracking and reforming; the huge reliance on petrochemicals not only for fuels but also for a multitude of compounds from plastics to insecticides; an introduction to oil, its origins and products, and octane numbers; the problems of the scale of use, "Silent Spring" and plastic pollution; and chemistry as it faces environmental and ethical considerations.
This film is part of a series. The series title and other films in this series are listed below.
Atoms Of Fire - A Seven Part Series
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