Crude oil is a mixture of many liquids. the crude oil enters the bottom of a tall column, where the mixture is heated. the substances rise up the column until they cool down and condense back to liquids.

the components of crude oil can be separated because of differences in which property?
a/density
b/magnetism
c/boiling point
d/physical state

C/boiling point

Explanation:

Fractional distillation is a process that is often employed to separate various liquids from a mixture of liquids based on the respective boiling points. As the liquid mixture is heated, the component with the lowest boiling point will vaporize first and can be separated out through a condenser.

Crude oil is a mixture of several volatile hydrocarbons each having a different boiling point. Therefore, the difference in boiling point can be used to separate them through the method of fractional distillation

out of these options:

ability to burn paper

pure sodium reacting violently with water

the boiling point of water

helium does not tend to react with anything

i would say this is a physical property:

helium does not tend to react with anything

why? :

i said helium does not tend to react with anything because well, it reacts to ! but ability to burn paper, pure sodium reacting violently with water, & the boiling point of water are chemical or

physical properties: the properties of a substance that can be observed without changing the chemical makeup of the substance

chemical properties: properties of a substance relating to the chemical nature and reactivity of the substance

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.