industrial process

Question 1

process of a substance in a gaseous state transforming into a liquid state

Answer 1

Condensation

Question 2

process used in the petroleum industry, using a catalyst, in which heavy oil products are split to fom lighter ones

Answer 2

Cracking

Question 3

process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal

Answer 3

Crystalisation

Question 4

Reaction of an alcohol and an acid to form an ester and water

Answer 4

Esterification

Question 5

process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes

Answer 5

Fermentation

Question 6

Process where by organic halides are produced from alkanes

Answer 6

Halogenation

Question 7

Process where by a solid melts to form a liquid

Answer 7

Liquification

Question 8

The alkaline hydrolysis of an esther to produce soap

Answer 8

Saponification

Question 9

transition from the solid phase to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase

Answer 9

Sublimation

Question 10

any chemical reaction that generates ammonia (NH3) as an end product (or its ionic form, ammonium, NH4+)

Answer 10

Amonification

Question 11

The bonding of two or more monomers to form a polymer

Answer 11

polymerisation

Question 12

An industrial process where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum

Answer 12

Refining

Question 13

Process by which a liquid is converted to a gas above the boiling point of the liquid

Answer 13

Vaporization

Question 14

Process by which a liquid is converted to a gas below the boiling point of the liquid

Answer 14

Evaporation

Question 15

The process of starting a fire

Answer 15

Ignition

Question 16

An electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of a metal parts

Answer 16

Anodisation

Question 17

a process for coating iron in steel sheathing with a thin layer of zinc?

Answer 17

Galvanizing / galvanization

Question 18

The process by which an alkaline cancels out the effect of an acid or vice versa

Answer 18

Neutralization

Question 19

The extraction of a metal from an ore by melting the ore

Answer 19

Smelting