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Figure 14.1 The number of possible hydrocarbon isomers of fractions with up to 20 carbon
atoms in oil fractions: ————, paraffins; – – – – –, naphthenes; . ....., mono-olefins; —
— , aromatics.
the details of these developments has been kept inside the walls of the research insti-
tutes and have never been reported in the open literature.
Since the boiling range of a petroleum fraction is its main characteristic and the
fractions are generally designated according to these boiling ranges, this present
chapter will be divided into sections according to boiling range.