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What is the difference between Cracking and Pyrolysis ?

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The decomposition of a compound on heating in absence of air is known as pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is used on a massive scale to turn coal into coke for metallurgy, and fractional distillation. The breakdown of large organic compounds by use of a catalyst and low temperature to form different smaller compounds is called cracking.
`C_(22)H_(46)toC_(11)H_(24)` (an alkane)`+C_(11)H_(22)` (an alkene)
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