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Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. ^[e]
Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]
Chemical engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products ^[e]

Hydrocarbons [r]: A class of molecules that contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms. ^[e]

Absorption [r]: An identity linking a pair of binary operations. ^[e]
Benzene [r]: A six carbon aromatic compound commonly used in industry as a precursor for other important aromatics such as toluene, or benzoic acid. ^[e]
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Catalysis [r]: A process that uses a substance (known as a catalyst) to accelerate the rate of a chemical reaction through an uninterrupted and repeated cycle of elementary steps until the last step regenerates the catalyst in its original form. ^[e]
Catalytic reforming [r]: A catalytic chemical process that converts petroleum naphthas into high-octane gasoline components. ^[e]
Gasoline [r]: A fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines derived from petroleum crude oil. ^[e]
Petrochemicals [r]: Chemical products made from the hydrocarbons present in raw natural gas and petroleum crude oil. ^[e]
Petroleum refining processes [r]: The chemical engineering processes used in petroleum refining. ^[e]
Petroleum naphtha [r]: An intermediate hydrocarbon liquid stream derived from the refining of petroleum crude oil and which may be further processed to obtain a gasoline blending component. ^[e]
Pyrolysis [r]: Add brief definition or description
Steam cracking [r]: Add brief definition or description
Toluene [r]: Add brief definition or description
Xylenes [r]: Add brief definition or description