NATURAL SOURCES OF ORGANIC COMPOUND
The mineral sources of organic compound are coal,natural gas and petroleum.Plants are also among natural sources of important organic compounds.
COAL :-
The bituminous or soft coal is a very important source of organic compounds.This when subjected to destructive distillation, products of industrial importance are obtained.
FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION OF COAL-TAR:-
When coal is destructively distilled four principal fractions are obtained, viz: coal gas , coal tar ,coke and ammonical liquors. Of these coal gas which consists mainly of methane and hydrogen is used as a fuel,while coke a form of carbon,is used in the manufacture of iron and steel industry.The composition of coal tar varies depending on the nature of the coal.However, coal is composed of various aromatic hydrocarbons.
These components are separated by fractional distillation of coal tar.It has been calculated that 100 Kg of coal tar yield 1-2 Kg of benzene.
NATURAL GAS :-
Natural gas is also one of the important source of simple organic compounds specially like methane.It is found at sui in Pakistan and known as sui gas.It is also found at other places.
COMPOSITION OF SUI GAS :-
METHANE 94.60%
ETHANE 1.05%
PROPANE 0.28%
BUTANE 0.17%
NITROGEN 3.88%
CARBON DIOXIDE 0.02%
PETROLEUM :-
Petroleum means rock oil in latin.Is is usually found below the surface of the earth. It is a viscous liquid comprising of components with different boiling points.It contains alkanes,alkenes,cyclo-alkanes,aromatic hydrocarbons,besides some inorganic compounds and is called crude oil.When subjected to fractional distillation several groups of products are obtained.This is known as refining of petroleum.
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