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Oil shale is composed of between 17 and 25% water and before the oil can be extracted, this moisture needs to be removed. To achieve this, the oil shale passes through a drying plant, like an enormous pizza oven, in which hot air is blown over it at 200 degrees Celsius.
In this experiment, students will reproduce this process and determine just how much water a rock can hold.
This experiment has specific links to the Australian Curriculum Year 8.
Discover what oil shale is and where oil shale resources can be found in Australia. Learn about oil shale’s potential as an alternative fuel for Australia, given our decreasing supply of crude oil resources. Discover how oil shale was formed and learn about the process of mining oil shale. ...
QER is acknowledged for providing assistance with this resource. Oil shale is composed of between 17 and 25% water and before the oil can be extracted, this moisture needs to be removed. To achieve this, the oil shale passes through a drying plant, like an enormous pizza oven, in which hot air is ...
QER is acknowledged for providing assistance with this resource. Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts (‘fractions’) by heating them to a temperature at which several components evaporate. As the temperature of crude oil increases, different hydrocarbons ...