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Thermal cracking. In thermal cracking, high temperatures (typically in the range of 450Â°C to 750Â°C) and pressures (up to about 70 atmospheres) are used to break the large hydrocarbons into smaller ones. Thermal cracking gives mixtures of products containing high proportions of hydrocarbons with double bonds - alkenes.
Burtonâs cracking process used heat to convert complex hydrocarbons (whose molecules contain many carbon atoms) into simpler gasoline hydrocarbons (whose molecules contain fewer carbon atoms), thereby increasing the yield of gasoline from petroleum.mpact. In addition to using thermal cracking to make gasoline for sale, Standard Oil of Indiana also profited by licensing the process for use by other gasoline producers. Soon, the method was used throughout the oil industry.