Distillation curve

A distillation curve is a graph showing the cumulative volume of a crude oil (or other hydrocarbon stream) that boils off at different temperatures.

For a crude oil, the distillation curve effectively describes how much of the crude volume falls into the different distillation fractions such as naphtha, kerosene, and atmospheric gas oil.

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